The Prophetic Endeavor

 LECTIO:

Numbers 11:25-29

The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses.
Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses,
the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders;
and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.

Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad,
were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.
They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent;
yet the spirit came to rest on them also,
and they prophesied in the camp.
So, when a young man quickly told Moses,
"Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp, "
Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses' aide, said,
"Moses, my lord, stop them."
But Moses answered him,
"Are you jealous for my sake?
Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets!
Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!"

STUDIUM:

Interesting that the Book of Numbers has lengthy prescriptions on protocols and procedures, yet here we see something that doesn't follow.  Moses seems to be in the know, where the others are not. Moses has the authority to express to acknowledge Eldad and Medad as prophets.
     This is an example of God's ways are not our ways.  His Word can be spread by people who are not one of your own community.  Pay attention.

ORATIO:

Lord, help me not to ignore people who may be one of Your prophets.  I don't want to be an arrogant know-it-all.  Help me to listen to others.  I pray to be able to discern Your Voice, in whomever expresses it.

CONTEMPLATIO:

Open my ears to Your Voice, O Lord.