TRUE ANOINTING

TRUE ANOINTING TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: “It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil” (Isaiah 10:27).  DAILY FIRE! I am anointed by the Holy Spirit. The special anointing oil described in Exodus 30 was used only for the Lord’s tabernacle and priests, to ordain them for service. Kings were also anointed. Most commentaries also say prophets were anointed. But from what I can see in Scripture, not one of them ever was. They were independent men of God, not socially appointed. God chose and gave them the real anointing with the Spirit. Nobody made prophets: they were God’s men. By divine command, Elijah should have anointed Elisha, but failed to do so. God Himself anointed Elisha with the Spirit. It was the habit to call the Spirit of God by the name of a prophet—“ the spirit of Moses” or “the spirit of Elijah”—as a personal and rare distinction. The spirit of Moses was to be put upon the elders of Israel, and Elisha wanted a double portion of the spirit of Elijah.  When God anoints believers today, it is with “the spirit of the prophets” (1 Corinthians 14:32). The true anointing is always by the Lord.  Oils, unguents, and ointments were poured upon priests and kings as mere symbols that God’s Spirit had chosen to rest upon them. God was the originator, and such men were therefore called “the anointed of the Lord”—especially Christ (from “Messiah” or “anointed”), who is “the Anointed of God.”  Today among believers, the anointing is a sovereign act of God, which He desires to lavish upon you. Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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