The anointing of the Holy Spirit
It was such an honor to have my Zone Pastor Ya Lan to come
to our cell group meeting last week. She really did bless us all with a very
powerful message that impacted me deeply.
I would like to take some time to note down some of the points she made
in order to bless you readers!
The anointing of God has to always abide in us. This is as
God loves to be in partnership with us. In fact, Paul even says that we are ‘co-creators’
in Christ. So why should we have the Holy Spirit in us?
Well, with the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish things way
beyond our natural ability. Lester Sumrall was a highly anointed preacher who
moved in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He was such a passionate individual that
he never stopped serving God till he was 80 years old. In 1 John 2:27, it says “As
for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not
need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and
as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain
in him.” He had the anointing of God and
in fact, most of the time, he would only sleep for a total of 2 hours! And yet
still be recharged to do whatever he needs to do to fulfill his kingdom
purpose. (Wiki mentioned here that she needed 10 hours). Why could he do so? Because
had the supernatural anointing of God that he constantly desired for, and this
gave him energy for his ministry!
You see the anointing gives us wisdom and access to the
knowledge of God. With this knowledge and power we are thus able to minister to
others. Luke 8:45 talks about the women with the issue of blood. When she
touched Jesus, she was healed. The key is that in this incident, Jesus felt a
portion of his anointing leave him. Although we can’t see the anointing, we can
certainly feel it and know when it has left us. Thus, we must be very careful
not to grieve the Holy Spirit as the anointing can just freely disappear from
our lives.
The story of Kathryn Kuhlman spoke a lot to me during
service is that the moment she decided to be with ‘mister’, she felt a very
strong prompting of the Holy Spirit. Despite of this, she continued to marry ‘mister’
and this led to her having no peace for the next few years, until she decided
enough is enough and left to continue her amazing ministry which indirectly led
to the Charismatic renewal in Christianity! If we choose to follow God and the
Holy Spirit, He said in Matt 28:20, “behold, I will be with you always, even
until the end of the world’ (If anybody has the repentance prayer she made
could you email it to me thanks! )
The anointing of the Holy Spirit is like oil from heaven,
straight from the throne room of God! And oil lubricates. It can remove
frictions of trials, tribulations and conflicts. Here are a few pointers about
the anointing oil of the Holy Spirit !
1.
With the anointing oil, complaining dies! We become
do-ers of the word and not complainers
2.
We will have a more positive outlook to life under
the anointing
3.
Anointing oil burns, and we draw the anointing
by fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit! That is how can we constantly keep the
fire burning so that we will not feel dry or burn out. Instead, we can do
mighty works for God!
Isaiah 40:31 says “but those who hope in
the Lord
will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like
eagles; they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint.”
What does it mean to wait? It means to look
for/gather. When a soccer player is anticipating a pass, he would naturally
look at the ball and wait with anticipation so that he can catch it. In the
same way ‘to wait’ means that we should gather all our senses on the Lord in
order to draw the anointing.
An illustration Pastor Ya Lan did that
really impacted me was that she told us the importance of lifting up hand in
worship. It is not only a sign of surrender but it is also signal of desire for
the anointing! During Joshua’s battle against the Amalekites, Moses hands were
always lifted up and this made the difference between defeat and victory.
Drawing into the presence and the anointing
of the Lord always us to exchange our own strength with God’s strength!
The anointing oil moisturizes and makes us
clean from our unwanted attitudes. The oil also amplifies flavor (highlights
our strong personalities). This means that when people are near us or when we
are around people, the anointing allows our strengths, talents and good
character to be amplified so that we can impact lives for Christ!
Therefore, it is very important to build a
relationship with God. One way to always be on your guard is to check on
yourself before others check on you. Don’t be someone you do not want to
become! If you feel bitter or negative, don’t let it affect you. Check on it at
the slightest hint and deal with the issue head on! With the Anointing, we can
overcome! God is always waiting for us as it is in the cultural mandate to ‘subdue
the earth’ and the great commission to ‘make disciples of all nations’ We must
be ready, we must be equipped, we must learn to wait upon the Lord for the anointing
of the Holy Spirit, which allows us to accomplish things way beyond our natural
ability. To bring GLORY to God!
This post is adapted from the sermon
courtesy of Pastor Ya Lan, adapted to be a blessing !
Regards,
Daniel Foo
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