So You Say You're A Prophet/Prophetess?

Why is this particular title one that people want to be called so badly? They really don't know the severity and sincerity of this position in the ministerial government of office. God deals with prophets(men and women) on a totally different level than anybody else in the five-fold ministry because they are the direct mouthpiece for God himself and what they say that God said BETTER BE truly what God said or else they will be heavily dealt with. Prophets are not supposed to shoot marbles and roll dice but they are held responsible for being accurate in the Spirit and not adding to or taking away from what the Lord has instructed them to speak. It really takes years even decades for an individual to mature in the gift of prophecy. Most people who say they are a prophet in this modern day do not hold the office of a prophet but they are prophetic. Anybody can be prophetic as long as they utter words unctioned by the Holy Ghost either by speaking in tongues and an interpretation given or by prophesying in their own native language. That doesn't make them a prophet but it just means that God used them at that particular time to relay a message to the Church or to an individual or group of individuals. On the flip side, an actual genuine prophet (man or woman) must have a lifestyle of closeness to God and be very keen in the Spirit. Most prophets spend majority of their lives in solitude because they are always praying and seeking God for a word for a congregation, an individual (maybe even for themselves) or for an entire nation. Prophets cannot afford to just live loosely in fornication and excess, or worldliness and chaos because a lifestyle that is contrary to God's holiness can easily contaminate their gift and turn what used to be a godly thing into something that is clairvoyant (evil). The devil has prophets too. Some of his prophets were originally ordained to be of the satanic kingdom to prophecy lies, release demons into the atmosphere, and promote soothsaying and witchcraft. Other satanic prophets are those who have backsliden away from the truth of God either in lifestyle, doctrine, or both. Be warned that just because a person prophesies something and it comes to pass, that doesn't mean they are sent by God because the enemy deals in the spirit world too. A real prophet will be known because they have a certain conviction and standard that they carry about themselves and you can feel it when they walk into the room. In other words, a true prophet will NEVER have to introduce himself or herself as Prophet So and So or Prophetess So and So because  the power of the anointing working in their life will speak volumes and make those who hear them turn their focus and attention to God and the Lord Jesus Christ, not the individual.