WHAT IS THE ANOINTING?

2 Corinthians 1:21 “Now He who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God.”

Many people seek to understand what exactly brings about miracles. When they see a man of God lay hands on a sick person and the sick person gets healed, they want to know what passed from his hand into the sick fellow’s body that caused the healing. When someone falls under the anointing, the question is what is the anointing. The anointing can be described as “heavenly electricity” generated by the Holy Spirit. In other words, just like we have electricity here on earth that powers most of our appliances, the anointing is the electricity of heaven. When you see an anointed fellow, that fellow has connected himself to the generator of the anointing in heaven, which is the Holy Spirit, and he now has the heavenly electricity flowing in him. Acts 1:8 says that you will receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you.

It is that connection with the Holy Ghost that makes the anointing flow through you. You must note, however, that the anointing is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the generator of the anointing. The Holy Spirit is God Himself. The first thing you must note is that He is called the Holy Spirit because He cannot be near anything unholy. If you want to connect with the Holy Spirit, you must be holy. God will not anoint a sinner. Amos 3:3 says that two cannot walk together unless they agree. If you are not holy, the Holy Spirit cannot work in you. Also, just as you connect with a man when you speak his language, you connect with the Holy Spirit when you speak in tongues.

The more you speak in tongues, the more heavenly electricity you are generating into your body and the more anointed you will be. How anointed you are depends heavily on how much faith you have. Jude 1:20 says that you build up your holy faith by speaking in the Holy Ghost. The greater your faith, the more anointing you will have to do the impossible. You must note also that there are some levels of the anointing that you cannot reach if you do not add regular fasting to your regular prayers (Matthew 17:21).

Confession for Today

I decree and declare to stay connected to the Holy Spirit at all times in the name of Jesus.