So you think God has changed His mind since the scriptures were written?
What I was referring to was Jonah's complaint and unwillingness to be God's prophet to Nineveh in that he believed that God would change His mind and his prophetic words from God given to Nineveh would not be fulfilled. If you have ever acted at the direction of God, you have to allow God to be God and not to become God yourself. If it is recorded in the Scriptures that God repented of the evil He intended to do, then why cannot that also be true today.
Prophecy giving is a two way street. The outcome of the prophecy, is really between God and the recipient that you have given God's prophetic word, through you, to. The outcome of what God does next is not the prophet's to determine, it is only God's decision as to what will happen next. The prophet has to get out of the way and allow God to be God.
I have had to learn to allow God to be God and not complain about the observable outcome when it does not fit the words that I have been asked to deliver.
In the OT a prophet went to a king of Judah and informed him that he only had days to live because of his sin, but when the king repented of his sin towards God, God turned the prophet around and sent the prophet back to the king to inform the king that God had heard his cry and had seen his repentant heart and that God had granted the king an extension of an additional 14 years in his life.
A prophet has to be prepared to look foolish when giving God's words to the recipients so that God is able to show grace to the person whom the prophet has been directed to see.
I am often called upon by God to give encouraging words to a recipient to move forward with God on his journey with God. Sadly, that prophetic word of encouragement from God, that I have given can be rejected by the recipient and I as the deliverer of that word of encouragement, I often receive hostility and rejection from that person as the word does not reflect that person's desired outcome. That person considered himself to be righteous and a fellow worker who was crying out for help from God was the perceived cause of his dissatisfaction in the place where he worked and to resolve his problem he asked others to pray in that vein. In another example the person received my words of encouragement and that person's issues where meet and God was able to work within those circumstances for His Glory to be seen within those circumstances.
Should I stop delivering what God has asked me to speak into another person's life because God's words through me have not been favourable received.
No, God has not changed His mind. He wants all who will respond to Him to be redeemed and receive His salvation. How God works that out is His business. What God calls me to do is to be faithful to His work that He has given me to do. If it is to speak as a prophet, then to speak as a prophet and unless I am asked to be a prophet for a specific purpose, then I must remain silent as a prophet.
Shalom