876 You Are Anointed

You have been chosen to do a good work. You have been selected, set apart, equipped, and prepared to do specific work in your daily life. What is it? Have you discovered your gifting? Have you realized your potential? Have you stepped into your anointing? Did you even know you are anointed? I honestly had no idea I was anointed until someone messaged me about 2 months ago and used that exact word in conversation with me. She told me how the words I speak are exactly what she needs to hear, and that comes from a specific anointing by God. Woahhhhh … say what??? Little ol’ me is anointed by the Almighty? There’s an anointing on my life and my work? Oh come on let me dance a little! That’s just the coolest darn thing I’ve ever heard. I’ve been allowing this to resonate in my heart and mind because it was a very foreign concept to me. I somehow thought anointing was for someone much more special than me. It was reserved for greater positions and power. Now I’m beginning to understand God’s anointing is available for all of us and it shows up in different ways, but for the same purpose. Acts 10:38 “God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” It is God who gives the anointing, the imparting of power, and as the recipients we’re simply to go around doing good. We tie strings to it and make it so much more difficult than it needs to be. It’s really quite simple … do good with what God has empowered you to do. This is how you use your anointing. When your goodness is backed by the power of the Almighty, it has life-changing impact. Something that just comes natural to you becomes supernatural when God’s anointing is on it. Now I understand how the words I type in the wee hours of each morning have the power to reach around the world and touch deep places in souls that are seeking, it’s because I’m anointed to do this. Hot dang y’all, I’m anointed and I didn’t even know it! And my guess is, as a precious child of God, chosen and set apart for a time such as this, YOU ARE TOO! There’s an anointing on your life and the purpose of it is quite simple … do what Jesus did … go around doing good. Jesus was anointed, but this anointing wasn’t to make him look good. It was so he could DO good and accomplish his life’s mission. That same power is now upon you. Power to do good, but don’t get caught up in it making you look good. How many times are we prompted to do good, but we’re looking over our shoulder making sure someone sees it? How public does your goodness have to be before you’re willing to release it? This isn’t about you looking good sweet girl, this is about making a relationship with Jesus look so good others can’t resist it. This is about putting God on display and showing his goodness. I know a woman who is undoubtedly anointed in raising her special needs little girl. The amount of grace and patience she shows is supernatural. Really it is, because it could only come from God. Daily she is doing the good God set her apart to do, with no recognition or thanks. She will receive no award or ribbon, but this mama is anointed. I recently spent time with a woman who has the anointing of joy and laughter. You cannot hear her voice without feeling immediate happiness. She told me how she always hated her voice and was picked on growing up, but then she discovered babies respond with such wide eyed delight when they hear her talk. But it’s not just babies, I too am drawn in by the pure sweetness in her voice and the hilarious things she says. She’s anointed. There’s power there. I know a man who invests money and it’s ridiculous how lucky he seems t...