The Anointing to Preach the Good News
Scripture:
Isa 61:1-3 THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to….
(2) To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,…
Jesus, the Living Word quotes this in
Luk 4: (19) To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound]. [Isa. 61:1, 2.] …. Today this Scripture has been fulfilled while you are present and hearing.
Note: The day of the vengeance is missing, why? Because that day has come and gone! When God judged Jesus on the cross! What has been fulfilled? Jesus came to fulfil God's plan of redemption. Release of captives, etc…What is THAT DAY replaced by? The day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound! Hallelujah!
There's a tremendous anointing in speaking good. Jesus said so. How much more speaking God's word into and upon our family members? Even into our work situation. When we speak the good from God's heart, we are "anointed" and when we are "anointed" we will speak good. This is not something we can easily do. It comes from feeding on the word, believe and receive it.
(Luk 6:45) What is this good treasure? The treasure is the gospel, the good news! 2 Cor 4:5 Preach Christ, not ourselves!
It's very easy to see bad things in people, situations but it takes the anointing to see the good.
Notice how difficult it is to worship God when we hear "bad" news or have just gotten out of an argument with someone or gossiped and slandered someone. Try to worship as soon as you just got angry with your children or spouse?
On the other hand, notice how differently you feel when you have just had to apologize to someone or did something for someone (forgiving them, buying them a gift) who "especially" did not deserve it. Man! We feel so anointed and can go straight into worship! We were created for good. To say good things.
So what do we say when someone is sick. Let that anointing arise. Speak good. Pro 12:15-19; 16:13, 24, 32
What if we are persecuted? Now we know why we need the anointing! If we find that all that comes out of our mouth is grumbling, complain, murmuring and slander, then we need to go back and seek God for the anointing. One of the strongest sign of God's anointing over our lives is when we find bad news, gossip, slander repulsive!
Read The Message Bible Mat 5:44-48
Samuel Hari © GROW BM
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