God met Saul where he was as a gifted insightful seeking man. Saul experienced the Presence of God in such a way that it changed him into another man. Saul could have chosen to stay in this Presence and walked his life out as a changed man, but he did not embrace the Truth, he rejected it. He liked the gifts, but did not like the Person and ended up seeking the dark underworld realm in an attempt to reach the heavenlies, but it was the wrong way and led to his destruction. Today in the Church there are many meetings that focus on personal prophecy.
Some people are very gifted at having a current word for the believer.
The word of prophecy is a gift for the Body of Christ today. It is one of the revelational gifts. But the gifts MUST be in balance with the other gifts and none of the gifts are meant to heavily overshadow the others in a Christian s life. Otherwise, you will be an unbalanced Christian and you will topple. There are some who have found that people will pay big money for a word of hope.