Where Is the lie….You’re Already in His will, you don’t need validation…Deliverance Isn’t A Three-way Process

There’s a story in 1 Kings 13 that has been stirring within me lately—the kind that makes every prophetic person sit up a little straighter.

 

God sends a young prophet to deliver a word to King Jeroboam, and the assignment comes with very specific instructions and boundaries: Go there, say what I told you to say, and leave. Don’t eat there. Don’t drink there. And don’t even go back the way you came. 

In other words, “This is not a trip… it’s prophetic business.” The instruction was clean and simple. 

No networking. No “let’s fellowship a little while.” Just obedience.

The young prophet did exactly what God said—at first.

 And He delivered the word with fire and precision, watched the altar crack open right in front of the king, and held his ground when the king tried to lure him into a meal. 

He understood the assignment so well that even the king’s hospitality and gifts couldn’t move him. But then came the plot twist: an older prophet, someone who used to walk closely with God but wasn’t currently holding an active assignment, heard what happened and went searching for the young man. 

And this older prophet boldly said, “An angel told me you can come eat with me.” 

And the young prophet—tired, maybe lonely, maybe simply caught off guard by someone who carried a title—believed him. believed him.

 

That moment of misplaced trust cost him his life. The lion that killed him didn’t eat him, didn’t touch the donkey, didn’t drag the body—just stood there as a divine sign. 

The old prophet was being crafty. He knew exactly what he was doing. Maybe something did speak to him—an angel, a spirit, a voice—but it wasn’t from God. It wasn’t aligned with what God had already spoken. And that’s the danger: not every supernatural being or message is divine. Not every ‘angel’ is heaven-sent

It was a message to everyone watching and everyone reading: God’s original instructions do not get revised by human beings. Not even prophetic ones. You always do what He tells you to do.

And here’s where it gets real for those of us walking in prophetic grace: sometimes God sends you into places simply to speak, not to sit. 

To deliver a word, not to make connections. To shift an atmosphere, not to become part of it. Every door God sends you through is not going to be an invitation to stay, and every platform is not a place to be planted. 

Some assignments will require your presence but not your partnership. They require obedience without fellowship. Therefore for prophets, discernment is not optional—it’s survival.

The danger isn’t always the enemy; sometimes it’s someone familiar who speaks with a spiritual tone but carries no current oil. The older prophet’s problem wasn’t stagnation—it was wickedness.

For the Bible says, in 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) 

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 

The prophet wanted access to a move he no longer carried, so he deceitfully manipulated his way into the young man’s assignment. 

This is why you must guard the instructions God gives you. Titles don’t trump truth. Seniority doesn’t outrank clarity. And no one, absolutely no one, gets to overwrite what God whispered directly to your spirit.

This story is a reminder for every prophetic voice rising in this season: Obedience is your covering. 

Boundaries are a commandment. And discernment is not up for negotiation. When God says, “Speak and leave,” don’t linger. Don’t explain. Don’t justify. Just go. 

Some places are assignments, not communities. Some people are contacts, not covenant. And some tables—no matter how beautifully they’re set—are not yours to eat from.

Because the safest place for a prophet is not in the room—it’s in the will of God.