September 30, 2014 WILL YOU PAY FOR THE PRICE? 3 PART SERIES PART 1 The importance of the anointing is proved in many ways, as we have seen, but no one sets it forth with more authority than the psalmist, as found in the following excerpt. Pay particular attention to the height, depth, and breadth of the promises through David to the Messiah, the ultimate Anointed One, from whom you derive your anointing: Ps 89:20-29 He had nothing else but this; we should seek the wonderful gift that is ours. Strength, protection, victory over the enemy, faithfulness, authority, power, unending covenant on and on are the promises that are yours and mine through the King of kings the Lord Jesus. Think About It Soberly The anointing, which carries these promises, also carries a price, You will accomplish little, or worse, should you act foolishly or insincerely. That price is total death to self. And it comes only in prayer. Furthermore, the dying must occur daily, as Paul wrote (1 Cor. 15:31). I can’t say, “But I died twenty years ago.” No, the flesh must be denied daily. It is an accursed thing and must go to the cross daily. Jesus said it flat out: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). That comes only in prayer. You see, you and I have no power to say no to Satan; there’s no power in us to refuse him. The power only comes when the Holy Spirit is upon us. Giants of faith have fallen because they couldn’t say no. They relied on their own power. This is one of the things about the presence of the Holy Spirit. It comes quite simply by making the decision before God, saying it, meaning it, and totally abandoning yourself to Him. He knows whether you’re telling the truth or not, and you’d better be aware of that.
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