The Anointing 10

It is important to know that the Lord desires to anoint all of His servants. As we have learned, the anointing is Christ Himself – it is all of Him covering all of us as we yield all of ourselves to all of His grace. The greatest way to obtain this anointing is to abide in Him, walk alongside Him, overcome through Him, change to be like Him, surrender to Him, and live for Him. Our everyday choices to walk in holiness and victory produces a nation-changing anointing on our lives.

The 3 anointings that we must apply to our lives are:

The anointing of water, which is His Word living in us

The anointing of oil, which is His character smeared on us

The anointing of blood, which is His death and life abiding in us

John uses the word “anointing’ 3 times in 1John 2:20, 27 as he admonishes us to abide in Him as He teaches us all things.

Here are the things we need to do in order to live in the anointing. This is an anointing that no one can give you – we walk in this anointing as a result of:

• Consecration – each of us as believers are set apart to minister as consecrated, passionate God-lovers. It is out of relationship and imitation of His character that we have layers of anointing in our lives. Set your life apart from all other things and run after God with all your heart.

• Word – You cannot have an anointing outside of your relationship with the Lord in His Word. The Word washes and instructs, it brings you face to face with the Lord and provides you with a powerful anointing.

• Receive – the anointing has been freely offered – we need to receive what He has made available to us. Put off all your old ways of thinking and acting – put on Christ and His nature. “Wear” His anointing as a beautiful cloak.

Psalm 133 (Message)

1 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
2 It's like costly anointing oil flowing down the head and beard, flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
3. It;s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes. that's where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.

The Anointing 1: HERE

The Anointing 3

Lev. 10:7 – the priests were not allowed to go out of the presence of the Lord with the oil on them. However, we do minister with His anointing and presence wherever we go. God’s presence and anointing go together – we cannot have His anointing without His presence

The anointing was placed on the priests:

—Ex. 28:41; 40:15; Lev. 7:36; 8:23-24; Num. 3:3

And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests. Ex. 30:30

All ministers in the Church need to have an anointing on their lives. This is the authorization and sanction of the Lord for our ministry. It involves the call of God to particular ministry; the spiritual authority to minister in His name; and the spiritual power to follow our calling.  Most of all, the anointing is the expression of the presence of the Lord in all we do.

There are three anointings that the Old Testament priests applied to their lives by placing these three things on their:

• right ear - means we will always listen to God's voice 

• right thumb - means we will serve God with power and authority in all we put our hands to 

• right toe - means we walk in service wherever we go:

In each of these, we see our lives called to obedience and separation. Yielded lives are the foundation for a powerful anointing.

—The anointing of water

—The anointing of oil

—The anointing of blood

The anointing of Water—Ex. 29:4; 40:12–13

The water anointing came first to prepare for the other two. The oil anointing was not often applied without some sort of washing first. For the believer, the first anointing is the washing of the water of the Word.

The Word of God cleanses us and prepares us for the presence of the Lord.

When we read the Word of God, we are anointing ourselves for all forms of ministry.

Eph. 5:26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her (the Church) with the washing of water by the word

His Word abides in us – 1Jn. 2:14

His Word heals and delivers us – Ps. 107:20

His Word strengthens us – Ps. 119:28

His Word saves us – Ps. 119:41

His Word revives us – Ps. 119:107

His Word washes us – Eph. 5:26

His Word sanctifies us – 1Tim. 4:5

His Word prospers us – Pr. 16:20

His Word feeds us – 1Pet. 2:2

His Word directs us – Ps. 119:133

His Word comforts us – Ps. 119:50

Tomorrow I will continue with the anointing of oil and then follow with the anointing of blood.

Anointing 1: HERE
Anointing 4: HERE