The ego and pride of every man is put to the test as a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ.   In that role it is incumbent upon him to be submissive to the leading of the Holy Spirit.   

When Old Testament prophets would use the phrase, The Burden Of The Lord, it was to inform their audience that they were now speaking words they had received directly from the Lord.   

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. Jer 23:25

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies?     yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Jer 23:26 When a prophet is deceived they cannot distinguish between their own thoughts and those of the Holy Spirit.

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. Jer 23:27 Every true prophecy will point people to the Lord Jesus Christ.     Object lessons, life lessons and self helps are not to be the focus of a prophet of the Lord.

The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that has my word, let him speak my word faithfully.     What is the chaff to the wheat?     says the Lord. Jer 23:28

Is not my word like as a fire?     says the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Jer 23:29

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. Jer 23:30 We all learn from each other.     But the concept of stealing implies there is pride and competition in play.

Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He says. Jer 23:31

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, says the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the Lord. Jer 23:32

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of the Lord?     you shall then say unto them, What burden?     I will even forsake you, says the Lord. Jer 23:33

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Jer 23:34

Thus shall you say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered?     and, What has the Lord spoken? Jer 23:35

And the burden of the Lord shall you mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living Holy Spirit, of the Lord of hosts our Lord. Jer 23:36

Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has the Lord answered you?     and, What has the Lord spoken? Jer 23:37

But since you say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus says the Lord; Because you say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the Lord; Jer 23:38

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: Jer 23:39

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. Jer 23:40