Memorise: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the
devil; for God was with him. Acts 10:38
Read: Matthew 17:14-21 (KJV)
14 And when they were come to the
multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord,
have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought
him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then
Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And
Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured
from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart,
and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto
them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as
a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to
yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit
this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
The word ‘anointing’ is often used in the Old Testament in recognition of
the Lord’s divine calling upon the lives of individuals. In addition, the
anointing was a physical recognition of the particular role or office of people
such as kings, prophets, or priests.
However, the anointing in the New Testament is not limited to prophets
and priests, it is birthright of every born again Child of God. In Mark 6:7,
Jesus gave power over unclean spirits to His disciples. In Luke 9:1, He gave
them power to cure diseases, and in Luke 10:19, He gave them power to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. I once told my
spiritual children that the new anointing is so powerful, that it can repeat
whatever it has done for your spiritual fathers. It can re-open closed doors
and turn the mocked into a celebrity. In 1st Samuel 16:11-13, when
Samuel came to the house of Jesse while shopping for a kingly candidate, nobody
presented David. It was until Samuel specifically asked for him that he was summoned.
But after David was anointed in 1st Samuel 22:1-2, the same brothers
who saw nothing good in him came to submit themselves under his authority. Have
people written you off as a nobody? Do they deny you your rights and consider
you unfit for any meaningful position? The anointing of God will reverse that situation
in your life this season in Jesus’ name. You will be sought after. You will be
transformed into a very important personality by the anointing.
Furthermore, 1st Corinthians 12:7 says: “But the manifestation
of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.”
The above verse shows that God’s anointing is not for flamboyance,
globetrotting, or to be made merchandise of. On the contrary, the anointing is
for making a difference in this evil world by living in holiness and
righteousness, healing the sick, setting the captives free, making the barren
fruitful, replacing sorrow with the joy and moving the impoverished into
prosperity so that the Name of the Lord may be glorified. To what extent does
the anointing on you impact those in need of it? To what extent are you making
a difference in your community?
Prayer Point: Father, wake me up to my responsibility of making a real
difference in this world.
Bible in one year: Leviticus 15-16, Psalms 127-128
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