Power in the Anointing

Happy Sunday!

Praying that you have a great week!  Praying that you understand how much you are loved!  Believing that you are going to do great things for others and for yourself!  My Mother-in-Law, Minnie Pruitt used to say, "He's like a cat covering up mess on a concrete walk".   I'll give you a moment to get the visual.  Cats cover up excrement easily in sand or kitty litter.  But on a concrete sidewalk?  That's ludicrous!  The person she was describing was working in futility, wasting precious time trying to accomplish a goal in the improper and incorrect manner.  Please don't be that person!  There is a right way to do everything.  Wisdom is available.  Just ask!   James 1:5 says, "Do any of you need wisdom? Ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to everyone. So he will give you wisdom."(Easy-to-Read Version).

Dr. Bill Winston continued the series entitled, "Christ in You" with the subtitle, "Empowerment".    The Anointing is available to empower us for life.  If we are honest we will admit we desire power.  Power to change the world around us, power to help our families, and power to rescue the oppressed!  Most of the problems in our society stem from people seeking power in the wrong way.   The Word says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with POWER: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."(Acts 10:38, KJV).   Don't miss that!  Power has a purpose.  We are empowered to do good, heal, and deliver.  We were chosen by God, and are Ambassadors for Christ(2 Corinthians 5:8).  

We must have the power of Holy Spirit, which is the anointing to reign in this life.  You did know you are to reign in life, didn't you?  Romans 5:17 says, "The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to be king over all, but ALL who will TAKE God’s gift of forgiveness and acquittal are KINGS of LIFE because of this one man, Jesus Christ."(Living Bible).  I like that!  One man said, he asked a friend how he was doing.  The friend said he was doing well under the circumstances.  The man then said, "What are you doing under there?"  We are designed to reign over the circumstances!   Christ is in you!  Christ is not Jesus' last name.  Christ is a description and means, "The Anointed One and his Anointing".    "It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!"(Romans 8:11, Message).

The WORD of God is required if you want to reign in life!  Don't look at the world in the light of the news, look at the world in the light of the Word.  Nothing surprises God!  He told us not to fear, and he would be unjust to tell us to do something if it were not possible for us to do it!  He has told us to watch, and pray.  He has told us perilous times would come.  But he told us to be of good cheer...We are Overcomers!  You can choose to worry and fret, or you can go to the WORD to get the wisdom you need for the days ahead.

Anointed and standing on the Word!  Love and prayers, Cynthia