Anointed with Power

Thursday 9 June
READ: Acts 10:34- 40
MORE LESSON: Psa. 45:6 - 7

The secret of the great works in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ is the power of God that was operating through Him. Everything in life responds to the higher power. When you see a man trying to do something and it seems impossible, it is the power to do that thing that is lacking. When you are anointed with power, all that has been resisting you begins to respond to you. Rom 13:2 says, Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Power is irresistible, when you are anointed with power, things respond and nothing resists.
Power is not limited to physical force but includes the influence upon your life that gives you the ability to do what others cannot do. In Luke 5:17, we see how Jesus was in the temple preaching and teaching, and the power of God was present to heal. Another person could have preached and nothing happened but Jesus preached and healings were happening. This was as a result of the power of God upon Him in accordance with Acts 10:38, 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.
God actually anointed Jesus with the power He needed to do all that He did and God can do the same for you. All power belongs to God (Psa. 62:11). When He wants to make you deliver results in any sphere of life, He puts His ability in you and thereby equips you to perform in that area. It is God's ability put on you that is termed 'anointing you with power'. Your desire and prayer should be that God will anoint you with the power to perform whatever you need to do. Some people claim that there is no need to pray for God to anoint you, you should just pray to be holy and make Heaven. But I want you to know that it is not wrong to ask God to anoint you with power so that you can fulfil your purpose here on earth. If Jesus was anointed with power to fulfil His purpose on earth, then you also need to be.
Righteousness is a requirement for God's anointing to rest on you, You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions: Psa. 45:7 (NKJV). You must also love God and love people so that the power God anoints you with will be used to meet people's need and not for selfish ends. I pray for you that the Lord will anoint you with His power, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to anoint you afresh with His power.
* Renounce every work of unrighteousness that can hinder the move of God’s power on you.
* Promise the Lord that the power you receive from Him will further His Kingdom on earth.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, I lift my hands to the God of Heaven and declare that June shall not be empty of good things for me, in the name of Jesus.