THE ANOINTING- IT’S ALL GOD.
God gives our skills, which behooves us to develop. All we have is from God. All we accomplish, God has done for us (ISA 26:12). The Holy Spirit determines what Spiritual gifts we have and desires us to use these gifts for His purpose (1 COR 12:7-11)
When we do what Jesus has been doing, He enables us to do greater works, because we ask in His name and He sits at the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us. (12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (JN 14:12-14).
We do not accomplish great things; God does great things through us as He determines. One way of looking at this is through the concept of God’s anointing. His anointing is the reason we can have impact in the world around us; we seem to have supernatural knowledge, wisdom, gifts of healing, miraculous power, etc, but it’s all from God.
It is foolishness to think or say: “By my strength, knowledge, wisdom or power: I have done this. I do this better than you can.”
Take 2 people with equal skill and knowledge, one with God’s anointing, the other without. The one with God’s anointing will accomplish much greater works, much greater good, have much greater impact in God’s kingdom because God jumps in to help. God can put ideas, knowledge, bring wisdom, wealth, power and other supernatural blessings into his life/walk/hands. He uses events and people to help us.
Therefore, to think: “I am better than you; I have more common sense than you; I’m faster, stronger, wiser than you, is foolishness to the one under God’s anointing.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.
OUR IMPACT IS ALL GOD!