Prophetic Word | From Knowing to Proclaiming: The Shift that Completes the Joy

From Knowing to Proclaiming
1 John 1

For the past few days, the Lord has kept me anchored in 1 John 1, returning me again and again to its opening words. Even as He led me through other Scriptures, everything pointed back to this same place. No matter where He took me in the Word, the understanding always circled back here, making it clear that this was the foundation the Spirit was establishing. What was being revealed was unified, and the testimony being formed became unmistakable.

That passage says:

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the Word of life. The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us. That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

What John is writing here is not theology; it is testimony. He is not explaining Jesus or trying to reason Him out for the reader. He is making an announcement. The Word he speaks of is not a concept, and it is not a promise deferred. It is Jesus Christ Himself, made manifest. The disciples are speaking from lived experience. They heard Him, they saw Him with their own eyes, they touched Him, and they lived in fellowship with Him. And because of that, they could no longer remain in a place of simply knowing. They were compelled into a place of proclaiming. It was while I was in prayer for my family, our parents, our siblings, their children, and our extended families, that this word came out of me as I wrote:

“Today, the Lord has shifted us from the place of knowing to the place of proclaiming, and our joy is filled”.

As I wrote it, the weight of it settled in, and it suddenly dawned on me what the Spirit was revealing in that moment.

This is a prophetic shift. Knowing is where our faith is formed and anchored, but proclaiming is where it becomes visible. And what the Lord showed me so plainly today is that proclaiming is not something you plan in your own timing to do. It is something that happens when God manifests what He has spoken. The proclamation always comes after the appearing. This is exactly what happened with Jesus. People looked at Him and said:

“Isn’t this Mary and Joseph’s son?”

Yet His life, His works, and His authority demanded an explanation. The proclamation was unavoidable. In the same way, when the Holy Spirit fell in the upper room, the people did not ask for a sermon. They said, “What is happening here?” And Peter stood and made the announcement, saying, “This is that.” That is what proclaiming is. It is not striving to convince people. It is responding to what they can already see.

The moment is coming, and for some, it has already begun, where our lives will demand an explanation. Not because of words, but because the testimony will be visible. No longer just speaking faith with nothing to back it. No longer repeating what we know to be true. But walking in something that has been made manifest. People will look and ask, “What happened?” “When did this change?” “How did this come to be?” And the answer will be simple. This was the Lord’s doing.

This is why John says, “We write these things so that our joy may be complete.” Joy is complete when the Word becomes flesh in our life, when promise becomes testimony, and when knowing gives way to proclaiming. The Lord is shifting us into a season where the proclamation will not be forced. It will be inevitable. What was believed will be seen. What was waited for will be touched. And what was spoken in secret will now be lived openly.

This is the era of proclaiming, and others will see the testimony!

This will look different for each of us, yet the announcement will be the same. For some, it will be healing in the body, where even doctors will pause and ask, “How did this happen?” and you will be able to say with clarity and confidence, this was the Lord’s doing. For others, it will be provision where lack once lived, and the shift into overflow will demand an explanation. Doors will open that could not be opened by striving. Restoration will come where things once looked dead, and the change will be undeniable. You will not have to defend it or explain it away. You will simply proclaim, this is that. This is the moment I prayed for. This is the Word the Lord spoke. This is what He has done.

Many are stepping into their “this is that” moment, where what was prophesied begins to walk, speak, breathe, and live right in front of you. Where your life itself becomes the announcement. Where testimony speaks louder than effort. Where the shift from knowing to proclaiming is no longer internal, but visible.

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John reminds us why the proclamation does not end with us. He says:

“That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.”

The testimony was never meant to stop at personal fulfillment. The proclamation exists so that others may come to know our God, believe our God, and enter into fellowship with Him as well. This is where joy is truly filled. When what God has done for you becomes the doorway through which someone else encounters Him. When the miracle does not just bring relief, but revelation. When the explanation of “this is that” becomes an invitation to say, He can be this for you too.

This is how testimony multiplies. This is how fellowship expands. This is how Heaven increases. And this is how our joy is made complete.

So my final word to you is this: do not forget the invitation. When you arrive at your “this is that” moment, when the testimony becomes visible, and the proclamation comes, remember that it is meant to draw others into fellowship with your God. Let your explanation of what He has done become an open door for someone else to encounter who Jesus is.

I often say that I am excited for your future, but today the joy is so full in me that I cannot stop there. I am not just excited for your future. I am soooo excited for your now.

Many blessings,

Tamminn