Expressing the Anointing- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Pet 3 - 5
EXPRESSING THE ANOINTING Wednesday, May 05, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved” (Matt. 9:17) READ: Acts 13:6-12 “Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved” (Matthew. 9:17). The vessel that will carry the anointing is of paramount importance to God. Right from the beginning, everything was done after an order - grasses, fruit-bearing trees, animals and even men reproduced after their kind (Gen. 1:11-12). There was no criss-crossing of kinds or breaking the order of kinds. Similarly, in Ephesians 4:22-24, we are commanded to put off the old man and put on the new man. This is necessary because it is impossible to receive the new anointing in an old body. If you ask the Spirit of God or the anointing to come upon the body of a sinner, you are asking God to violate the law of kinds. You have the old wine and the new wine. When you are drunk with the old wine, you will be motivated to exhibit the works of the flesh. You will be intoxicated and not only misbehave, but also sin against God. But according to Colossians 3:16, when you are drunk with the new wine, it will manifest in the fruit of the Spirit and in all spiritual graces. But if you seek to receive the Holy Spirit and His anointing in your defiled vessel, He will work against you and you could lose your health, peace, joy or even life. It is a very dangerous thing to ask for divine graces while the recipient lives in secret or open sin. This is responsible for some incurable or unexplainable sicknesses in the lives of some so-called Christians. The new anointing is as strong as new wine. It is not only strong but also aggressive. Any hindrance brought before it will be resisted aggressively. We find an example in Acts 13:6-12. While preaching to a governor, a sorcerer tried to stand in the way of Paul and the anointing in him began to boil. He simply decreed that that agent of darkness will be blind for a period and it was so. Fresh anointing can clear any obstruction out of its way. Are you born again, Spirit-filled and sanctified? Nothing can resist the Holy Spirit that is at work in you. Arise and reel out decrees against every opposition on your way and they shall be established. Put a demand on the Anointing in you or He will remain dormant. The power to rule your world was deposited inside you the day you received Jesus Christ into your heart. Is that new wine finding expression?  Let Somebody Shout Hallelujah! The Life and Ministry of Pastor E. A. Adeboye ACTION POINT: Expressing the anointing is an act of faith. Bottling it up is an act of unbelief. Provoke the Spirit into action today.