Getting God's Anointing
Matthew 21:43
"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
Having God's anointing on your life and ministry should be the desire of every Christian. When I talk about God's anointing, I am talking about God's blessings upon what you are doing. Having the anointing of God is what gives you power and authority to do God's work in a great way.
In the verse above, we learn that the key for God's anointing is to bring forth fruit. You will notice that God is talking to Israel as a nation. God blessed Israel for many years with His anointing, and this caused them to be the nation that every other nation looked to for the Gospel. However, Israel stopped carrying the Gospel and God gave His anointing to another nation. We can see in history that God gave England His anointing for many years, but when they stopped bearing fruit He gave that torch to another. America has been the nation for many years that has God's anointing, but if the churches in America continue not to bear fruit, then God will give this torch to another nation.
God is not obligated to keep His anointing on any nation. God does not owe any nation anything. Just because God anointed a nation in the past does not mean that He will continue to anoint that nation and make it the center for sending out preachers and missionaries around the world in the future. When a nation chooses an inward vision instead of an outward vision, then God will take His anointing from it.
Let me take this thought further. Throughout history God has blessed many churches with His anointing. Just in my lifetime I have seen many churches that God blessed in a tremendous way. I believe the reason He blessed them was because they had an outward vision. These churches were producing preachers. These churches were not just seeing souls saved, but they were discipling their converts and sending them out to be pastors, evangelists and missionaries around the world. These churches were responsible for seeing numerous churches started. Yet, when they changed their vision from an outward vision to an inward vision, God slowly took His anointing from them. If you want your church to have God's anointing on it, then you better make sure your church has that outward vision that bears fruit. Not just the fruit of winning souls, but the fruit of producing pastors, evangelists, missionaries and other churches.
Moreover, God has also placed His anointing on individuals. These individuals had God's blessings because they were interested in bearing fruit. Christian, God would love to place His anointing on you. The only way you will get God's anointing as an individual is to become a Christian who produces fruit. You should make your life about seeing people saved and discipling them to bring forth fruit themselves.
This world needs a nation that has God's anointing. Every nation needs a church that has God's anointing. Every church needs a pastor who has God's anointing. Every church also needs Christians who have God's anointing upon them. Would you be the one who would bring forth fruit so you can get God's anointing upon you? Don't let God's anointing be passed to another. Don't become history, but continue to make history by having God's anointing. The greatest need of today is for churches, pastors and Christians to have God's anointing.