“You’re anointed…you’re anointed!” rang Beverly’s Pastor’s words loudly in her ears, as she jogged with her headphones on, listening to a message. “Really? Me? If I’m anointed, how come I don’t feel like it?” she questioned momentarily. After her run, she took out time to search where her Pastor got his quote from and found it right there in 1 John 2:27! She’d previously believed that only ministers were anointed by God, only to discover that the same anointing of the Holy Spirit was present in her too.
The Holy Spirit, the One who gives the anointing, lives in us, His kids, in His fullness today. What we need is the recognition and acknowledgement of His presence. He’s as much in and with you when you “feel” the anointing, as He is when you don’t “feel” anything. You shouldn’t bring God to the realm of the senses and feelings, because He doesn’t deal in that realm. Sadly, some Christians think something is wrong and God is far away when they don’t sense His presence. Some even cry, “Lord, let the anointing fall on me; I want to feel your presence!” What a misconception!
The anointing is the effect of the workings of the Holy Spirit. It’s also the impact or impartation of the Holy Spirit’s power. For example, when the anointing comes on a clothing material, like the handkerchiefs and aprons that were taken from Paul and laid on the sick (Acts 19:12), that’s an impartation of His power on that material. It’s like a man and his shadow. Begging and crying for the anointing, when the Holy Spirit lives in you, is ignoring the real thing, and pursuing the shadow; that’s not going to work. Stop trying to receive more anointing from heaven. Look inside you. Get to know Christ who lives in you; He’s the Anointed one and owner of the anointing.
