Open Heaven 4 October 2020: [Sunday]
Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Anointing VS Appointment
ANOINTING VS APPOINTMENT – Sunday October
4th 2020
Memorise: Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among, you seven men of
honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this
business. Acts 6:3
Read: Acts 6:5-8 (KJV)
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude:
and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip,
and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of
Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they
laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were
obedient to the faith.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
Message:-
There are clear differences between the
anointed and the appointed: the former is greater than the latter and so
controls it.
Open Heaven 4 October 2020 – Anointing VS Appointment
Do not seek or lobby for an appointment, rather seek anointing.
Anointing is the supernatural ability to do something. God has a purpose for
your life and thus gives you the necessary ability to achieve it. When you
pursue an appointment that God has not anointed you for, you will live under
stress and pressure. However, when you seek the anointing, the right
appointment will follow and you will get great results.
Open Heaven 4 October 2020: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Anointing VS Appointment
In Acts 6:3, we see the correct order that
things should follow. First, you must be full of the Holy Ghost’s anointing and
power, then you will get the right appointment. Your focus should therefore be
on the anointing and not the appointment. The appointment is merely a platform
for the manifestation of the anointing. Before Stephen was appointed as a
deacon, he had already been appointed by the Holy Ghost, but we did not hear of
him preaching the gospel or performing miracles until the appointment came.
After the appointment, Act 6:7-8 says:
Open Heaven 4 October 2020 Sunday: Key Point
“And
the word of God increase; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the
faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles
among the people.”
This tells us that when you appoint the
anointed, great exploits follow. If you have the privilege of choosing people
for any appointment (in Church or otherwise), ensure you select those who are
anointed with the supernatural ability from God to function.
If you have been appointed into a role that
you are not anointed for, then first,
check if that appointment is God’s purpose for your life. If it is His purpose
for your life, then you must cry to Him for anointing. Being anointed without
being anointed can never produce excellence.
Key Point
Seek the anointing first before appointment.
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