Scripture: First Samuel 7:15-17
First Samuel 7:15-17 says, “So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. He went from
year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.
But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there
he built an altar to the LORD.” The Hebrew word translated “judged” in verse 15 is the
Hebrew word shaw-fat. Shaw-fat is the root word for mish-pawt. Mish-pawt is the anointed
declaration of a shaw-fat so if you were called to the office of the Judge in Israel, what the
Holy Spirit moved on you to proclaim as a judgment became a mish-pawt. When God is
looking for those who keep mish-pawt, we have to understand that He is looking for those
who will rise and accept the anointing to prophetically proclaim what He wants to do as a
judgment of the Lord.