Words specific to scribes and ministers of the arts Released through Chantay Miller This is the year that God is unveiling His treasure. He will begin to release understanding concerning the great deposit that is within us as we submit ourselves to Holy Spirit. The mystery that God created us to be will terrify his…
Author: Theresa Harvard Johnson
Theresa Harvard Johnson is the founder of The School of the Scribe and progenitor of The Scribal Anointing® teachings, the 21st-century revelation of the office of the prophetic scribe. She has authored more than 25 books to help prophetic scribes navigate their calling, taught thousands of scribes globally and developed safe spaces online and in person to foster prophetic community. Theresa holds an M. Div. in biblical studies and an M. A. in professional writing. As a scribal historian and mentor to many, she has pioneered exclusively in this area for more than two-decades.
Apostolic Navigation in 2016
Insight specific to the ministry of the prophetic scribe and worship artists
Released November 2015 through Theresa Harvard Johnson
PROPHETIC VISION
It was a bright, sunny day. The landscape was filled with mountains and green landscape. Everywhere the natural eye could see looked perfect. I saw believers walking North along a clear path toward what looked like a four-way intersection. I knew this group was heading in the proper direction. Ahead, there was another group of believers on the other side heading south toward them. There were also groups heading from the East and West toward the same intersection. The center of the intersection had a word painted like a caution sign that said: “Decision.”
As the group traveling north approached the intersection, some became distracted by the merging of the groups and stopped to interact. The group heading South was intent on drawing everyone away from the Northern path. And within minutes, nearly everyone was changing or reversing course – completely distracted and influenced by what was taking place them beneath the sun. It took only seconds for some to be pulled completely off course. Only a faithful, immovable few continued North as if no one was there.
Acts 19:32 CJB, “Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and others something else, because the assembly was in complete confusion, and the great majority didn’t even know why they were there.”
The 40-Day Scribal Fast: Exodus 34:27-29 (2)
Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson
In my free ebook, “Scribal Purpose: 10 Reasons Why God Has Commanded Us to Write,” I talk about the extensive time Moses spent on Mount Sinai with the Lord receiving and recording the Ten Commandments.
As I reread this section of the book, Holy Spirit illuminated three pivotal elements of his scribal journey to me: (1) Moses identified, ascended and embraced his mountain; (2) He descended his mountain with critical instructions that would not only guide his journey, but help him guide the journey of a nation; and (3) God tangibly engulfed him in His presence throughout this entire act of obedience. (Note that when we use the term scribe in Voices of Christ, we are referring to many manifestations of the scribal gift – not just writing.)
The 40-Day Scribal Fast: Exodus 34:27-29
Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson
In my free ebook, “Scribal Purpose: 10 Reasons Why God Has Commanded Us to Write,” I talk about the extensive time Moses spent on Mount Sinai with the Lord receiving and recording the Ten Commandments.
As I reread this section of the book, Holy Spirit illuminated three pivotal elements of his scribal journey to me: (1) Moses identified, ascended and embraced his mountain; (2) He descended his mountain with critical instructions that would not only guide his journey, but help him guide the journey of a nation; and (3) God tangibly engulfed him in His presence throughout this entire act of obedience. (Note that when we use the term scribe in Voices of Christ, we are referring to many manifestations of the scribal gift – not just writing.)
The REWARDS of Your Scribal Incubation Period (2)
Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson
(This article is long, but well worth the read for the serious scribe. To get the most from this discussion I recommend reading the previous two articles, “The Scribal Incubation Period and Entering Your Scribal Incubation Period in this order.)
There are definitive, guaranteed rewards that will emerge from every authentic scribal incubation period. The rewards that I am sharing with you are not focused on project completion; but on your spiritual scribal maturity and personal growth. There are many prophetic scribes who complete numerous scribal projects; but never truly immerse themselves in the scribal process. That lack of deliberate, spiritual investment ultimately reveals itself in their lives.
In my previous posts on this subject, I have briefly mentioned the rewards of the scribal incubation period. In this blog, I want to be a bit more specific. It is my prayer that you will recognize some of these rewards in your own life; and decide to stay on the course of obedience for those that you do not recognize. Remember, God has no respecter of persons along this this journey. Personally, I have come to understand that “scribal incubation” is the key to becoming an expert scribe or a master in the midst of our unique Matthew 13:52 calling.
Acts 10:34 CJB, “Then Kefa (Peter) addressed them: I now understand that God does not play favorites, but that whoever fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him, no matter what people he belongs to.”
Below are a list of guaranteed rewards that come with your “scribal incubation period.” As I share them, please know that many of them are perpetual and will be experienced throughout your scribal growth and development in the Lord.