A few weeks ago at my Women of Worth group we had a wonderful Holy Spirit evening led by the wonderful Claire Coggan.
Claire explained to us about blindfolded prophecy which is a great way of developing the gift of the prophetic.
It involves one brave individual being blindfolded and spun around and then everyone else in the room switches places until one person is stood behind the blindfolded individual.
The one with the blindfold on silently prays and asks God to show them a picture or to give them a word for the person who is standing behind them (who they can't see).
If they get a picture then they again silently pray and ask God what it is that he is saying through the picture.
It was very exciting and it was great seeing other people being given a prophetic word that was specifically related to their circumstances.
I was enjoying watching others having a go and was persuaded to try it myself but was terribly nervous in case I just didn't get a picture or did not know how to interpret it.
I put the blindfold on anyway and decided to trust in God to do the rest. After all when else would I be in such a safe environment to try out the gift of prophecy.
I didn't have a clue who was behind me and initially had a flash of an acorn quickly replaced by an oak tree. I waited a while, half expecting something more exciting to come into my mind but it didn't.
Claire encouraged me to just share what I could see so I explained about the acorn and then the oak tree and as I started to talk I suddenly felt that God was giving me a particular word for whoever was behind me.
It was a little awkward to share it at first as I wasn't sure whether it would have any relevance at all for the person in question and I felt a huge weight of responsibility not to give them a 'duff' word but I determined to just carry on and give my interpretation and explanation of the picture.
When the blindfold was taken off and I saw the girl who was stood behind me I instantly knew that the word had been spot on. The bonus of the blindfold was that it makes the wearer completely trust and rely on God to speak to them and you don't feel you have just made it all up yourself.
It was lovely to receive a card from my lovely friend a few days later thanking me for the word I had shared and giving me encouragement.
God works in very mysterious ways and it is great to be able to have fun while stretching ourselves and stepping out in faith.
