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
Many believers easily accept that others can do great things but do not believe they can too. In real life experience, the good in you is often challenged by fear and doubt. You know your personal weaknesses and doubts. You however, don’t know that the very people you admire as they move in the anointing have their own weaknesses also.
Elijah had his own fears and Jonah panicked when God sent him to Nineveh, yet they overcame their limitations and did the will of God. You can do likewise. The difference between you and the people you believe are more anointed than you is that they don’t allow their fears to dominate them. You however, confess your fear constantly and cry for attention.
The anointing lives in you. You are the temple of the Holy Ghost. You are the carrier of the anointing. Your feet, hands, eyes and mouth give expression to the anointing. It is therefore imperative for God to energise your life because if you are inactive, the anointing will not operate. If you understand that you and Christ are one, His anointing will flow through you.
Our main problem is that we separate ourselves from Christ but unite Him with others. We can never walk in the anointing if we don’t appreciate our unity with Christ. He is in us and we are in Him. He doesn’t struggle to operate in His power so we don’t have to struggle to operate in that power. Jesus Christ was anointed – “smeared” or “rubbed” with oil – to be consecrated into the office of ministering healing and deliverance.
The Spirit of the Lord was upon Jesus – God anointed Him to preach the Gospel to the poor, heal the broken hearted, preach deliverance to the captives, recover the sight of the blind, set at liberty those that were bruised and preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19).
Jesus Christ’s mandate was a demanding one. It was an assignment that required holiness, obedience, wisdom, faithfulness, power and sacrifice to fulfil. In spite of the enormous nature of His mission, the Lord Jesus Christ was not a weird person.
The manifestation of the anointing on Jesus Christ reveals the nature of the anointing believers should operate with. We should not struggle to flow in the anointing like the prophets of Baal did. They tortured themselves in a fruitless attempt to bring down fire from heaven. The prophet Elijah however, prayed a simple prayer and the fire came down (1 Kings 18:25-39).
Prayer: Pray for the constant awareness of the anointing in your life.
Extract From:
“The Nature of the Anointing” by Eastwood Anaba
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