I want my own anointing from God, not a secondhand anointing.
Our anointing flows out of Christ’s anointing, and we receive it only from Him: “Of His fullness we have all received” (John 1:16). To John the Baptist, it was revealed that “Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit” (verse 33). He identified the Source: Jesus Christ, the giver and the authority of the giving.
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him (Acts 10:38).
We may pray and lay hands on people to be baptized in the Spirit, as the apostles did: but we must realize that a man cannot and need not give His anointing to someone else.
It is out of Christ’s fullness, not somebody else’s fullness. I want my own anointing from God, not a second-hand anointing. To bestow an anointing, even as a temporary effect, is foreign to biblical thought.
God alone is the Baptizer. The blessings of God may flow in many ways through our lives as rivers of living water from Christ, but that is very different from doing what only Jesus can do: impart the Spirit. The virgins refused to share their oil and were counted wise.
Value the anointing that God gives you; treasure it and allow it to empower you to be a blessing to others.
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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