Salvation Anointing- Daily devotional from Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Zech 7 -10
SALVATION ANOINTING Saturday, December 04, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over” (Ps. 23:5) READ:  Matthew 3:1-6 If you lack boldness, you and those under you will become victims of unpleasant events and circumstances. Every leader must be bold. There is no reason to fear especially if you can focus on the strength of your ally - the Jehovah El-Shaddai instead of the situation. The Lord will empower you with boldness this season. Another tool of a shepherd is the anointing. Psalm 23:5 says, “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over”. Oil symbolizes anointing. Some people have had to argue that the greatest of Old Testament prophets - John the Baptist did not perform any miracle because he was not anointed. That is far from the truth! What brought all classes of people from the city to the wilderness to listen to John and repent of their sins was nothing but anointing. What anointing can be greater or of more value than anointing to save souls? The greatest and toughest problem of man is sin, not sickness. Although the blood of Jesus deals with sicknesses and sins, it takes more from God to cleanse and transform a chronic fornicator, thief, smoker or liar into a saint than to heal any sickness. If people easily give their lives to Christ whenever you preach to them, it is because you are anointed. Ask God to increase the salvation anointing. In fact, the presence of this anointing attracts anointing for miracles, signs and wonders. What are you anointed for? First, God anoints you to preach the Gospel according to Isaiah 61:1. Preaching without the anointing reduces the Good News to ordinary letters which can only kill. It is the anointing of the Spirit that gives life to the letters of the word for there to be impact. When the anointing is present, the duration or style of message presentation is immaterial. You could preach with poor English or in any language and souls will break down under the anointing. You could preach for just five minutes, and you will see people coming forward to give their lives to Christ. It was the anointing that empowered Jesus to do all He did (Acts 10:38). As a leader, you must be anointed. You must continue to seek God to increase it to an overflowing level. Do you have salvation anointing? Or are you only asking for anointing for miracles? Go for gold in the anointing!  ACTION POINT: If your anointing is to heal the sick and raise the dead without saving souls, that anointing is fake. God’s anointing is primarily to save souls: All other miracles and signs afterwards are to back up that primary objective.  Support www.10millionexercisebooks.com project today