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Gifting and anointing
Many of the most deeply anointed people are often overlooked because they have not spent their lives polishing the outside, promoting their gift, or building an image around themselves.
Instead, they have been crushed in the secret place.
It is in that hidden place of surrender, prayer, obedience, suffering, and intimacy with God that the “oil” is produced, the kind that carries true spiritual weight.
A gift may open a door,
but only the anointing can sustain what the gift begins.
Gifting and charisma can move emotions, gather crowds, and create a feel good atmosphere. They may impress the mind, entertain people, or draw attention to personality and skill, but they do not always bring lasting transformation.
The anointing is different.
The oil shifts atmospheres.
It breaks burdens.
It carries the weight of heaven.
Isaiah speaks of this when he says:
Isaiah 10:27 The anointing destroys the yoke because it carries the presence and power of God, not merely human ability.
An anointed word lands differently.
It carries conviction, healing, deliverance, and breakthrough.
Long after the moment has passed, its weight still remains in the heart.
Gifting often draws attention to the person. People admire the talent, the confidence, the presentation, or the personality behind it. Because of this, identity can easily become tied to performance, recognition, or public affirmation.
But true anointing always redirects the glory back to God.
Those who carry genuine oil are often unpretentious, humble, and hidden. There is usually an “excellent spirit” about them that speaks louder than outward appearance ever could. They may not always look impressive outwardly, but inwardly they carry something heaven recognises.
Gifting can be developed through coaching, practice, discipline, and natural ability. A person can remain highly gifted while privately living a compromised life.
But the anointing cannot be manufactured.
It is cultivated in the secret place through intimacy with God, prayer, surrender, obedience, and refining. It is formed through crushing. Through dying to self. Through allowing God to deal with the hidden places of the heart.
Oil is costly.
That is why some of the people carrying the greatest spiritual weight are not always the loudest voices, the most polished communicators, or the most celebrated personalities.
Sometimes they are the hidden ones who have spent years with God when nobody was watching.
And when they speak, something shifts, not because of performance, but because heaven rests upon their lives.
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