ANOINTING FOR SUCCESS 2

LUKE 4:1, 14; ACTS 10:38.

Success is not attainable by strength, skills, hard work, but success is a product of the anointing. To be above only, it takes the anointing. Psalms 45:7 “Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows”.

Daniel and his three friends were above even in a strange land because

the Bible says “an excellent spirit was upon them” Daniel 6:1-3. That excellent spirit is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. This anointing upon any man makes him different from his colleagues. This is what distinguished Jesus from every other Rabbi. Until He obtained the anointing, He was only known as the carpenter’s son. But after spending 40 days and night in the wilderness, He returned in the Power of the Spirit, and then His fame went abroad, not as a carpenter’s Son but as an anointed Man to succeed and to make people around Him a success. Luke 4:14-21.

Anointing with oil was significant in the Bible practice. No king ever ascended the throne without the application of the anointing with oil. E.g.

·         Saul of Tarsus was anointed by Samuel to ascend the throne as the first king over Israel - 1Sam.10.

·        King David was anointed with oil to succeed Saul – 1Sam 16.

·        Aaron and his lineage entered the priestly office through the application of oil.

·        Man became a living soul by the anointing of the breath of God. - Gen. 2:7.

·        Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and Power. - Acts 10:38.

·        The Apostles were anointed with the Holy Ghost in the upper room. - Acts 2:1-13.

No one occupies his/her divine placement without the anointing. Fulfillment of divine purpose is not a function of strength, skill, experience but it is the function of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. You need that anointing in your life if you must occupy your divine placement. I prophesy into your life that the anointing to enter into your divine placement in life is coming upon you today in Jesus Name. To be continued.