To Speck

While responding to tweets a few days ago, I found a nugget of meaning in a typo. The tweet read: 

2PETER 1:21 Or because they wanted to PROPHESY it was the HOLY SPIRIT who MOVED the PROPHETS to SPECK from GOD.

Considering the roll of tweets that proceeded this, the author clearly meant to indicate that the Spirit would move the prophets to SPEAK on behalf of God.

The typo, however, may have actually been divinely inspired, revealing a whole new meaning. It starts with the ones "who WANT to prophesy," not those whom God chose to prophesy. There is a difference. When one is called, one has the decision to accept or not. But when WE are the ones to initiate the idea and solely make the decision that we want to prophesy, we have just about as much success as the majority of applicants for American Idol.

God must make the first move.

With this in mind, I read the rest: The "Holy Spirit … moved the prophets to speck from God." In other words, the Spirit knocked the chip off the wannabe prophets' shoulder and gave them a true perspective of our position with God. While it's true that we are God’s children; we are not God. We are merely specks in comparison.

Thus when WE make the decision to prophesy, the Spirit of Truth knock our self-image from God – to speck.

I love typos sometimes

There are nuggets hidden in the lines.

~ ESA

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