Understanding God's Purpose for the Anointing by Creflo Dollar

Author:Creflo Dollar
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Issues, Anointing, Christian Rituals & Practice, Spiritual Direction, Christian Life, General, Spiritual Life, Biblical Studies, Christianity, Pentecostal & Charismatic, Sacraments
ISBN: 9780963478108
Publisher: Creflo Dollar Min
Published: 1992-12-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Paying the Price for the Anointing: The Purchase

"O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land" Psalm 63:1

Now that we have established the foundation, we are ready to move on to the actual purchase. "Purchase?" you ask. Yes! Operating in the anointing is neither free, nor cheap. There is a price to be paid. It requires that you give up something of yourself in order to receive from God.

Many people see Benny Hinn or Kenneth Copeland on television and say, "I want his anointing." However, very few of those people consider the price those men paid for the anointing. Other people go to power-packed services and try on the anointing as if it were a garment in a department store dressing room. There is nothing wrong with trying it on, but understand this: it will never be yours until you have paid the price for it yourself. The same principle applies to the anointing.

Are You Thirsty?

Ho, Every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isaiah 55:1)

The first thing you must have in order to make the anointing yours is a thirst for it. You must literally crave the manifestation of the power of God in your life. Then you must come to the waters and buy.

The waters represent the Word. Jesus said out of your spirit shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). The Bible says that these waters were from the Holy Spirit who had not been given at that time. But now He is here on the inside of us. Praise God!

If you are thirsty for the anointing, you must go to the waters and buy. The word "buy" is very significant in Isaiah 55. Isaiah did not say, "come to the waters and pick or choose." He said, "Buy." When you buy something, there is an exchange. If you want a candy bar, for example, there must be money given in exchange for it. Something must leave you in order to get it. You must give up in order to receive. You must also "buy" the anointing. No one can buy the anointing for you. Nor can you buy the anointing with money, yet there must be an exchange between you and God.

You will spend hours in fervent prayer. You will give up food in times of fasting. You may give up TV, movies and time with friends and family. In order to quench this thirst, you must be willing to give up everything. But it is worth it all many times over because once you buy, you have it forever. David had that thirst.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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