Creflo A Dollar - Understanding Gods purpose for the anointing

Understanding God's Purpose for the Anointing

by

Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to my spiritual father and mother, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. I thank God for you both. You will never know the impact that you have had on my life and ministry. Thank you for everything.

Preface

In early 1991 I found myself at a spiritual crossroad, not having any idea what God wanted to do next in my life and ministry. I knew in my spirit that the decade of the '90's was going to be different. I knew that if I (or any other believer) was going to survive, much less thrive, I would have to know what God was saying. I was convinced that I could no longer accomplish things by my own plans, decisions and good ideas. With this in mind, I went before the Lord to seek direction.

As I prayed, He spoke to me saying, "Son, it is time for an overhaul!"

"An overhaul?" I thought. "What does He mean by that?"

Then I realized that, naturally speaking, when an engine gets an overhaul, it is completely rebuilt and reassembled so that it can function and operate as though it were brand new . I knew that was exactly what I needed!

I realized I needed to be rebuilt and reconstructed in the Word so that I could make it through the demanding days to come. I knew it was time to slip away from the daily pressures and duties of pastoring a large and growing church, and go away to seek the Lord. My wife began to sense this need as well. So, she arranged for us to go to a remote island in the Carolinas. We left determined not to return until we had the Word of the Lord for the rest of the journey. We had to have God's instructions.

While at the island, we did nothing but fast, pray and seek God. One morning, after a time in the Word, I decided to pray in the Spirit until something broke loose and was released inside of me. As I prayed, a powerful force suddenly began to swell up on the inside of my spirit. My entire body began to shake and I could sense the manifested presence of God surrounding me. Then, the Spirit of the Lord spoke to my spirit, saying:

In order for you to get the rest of the way... in order for the entire body of Christ to get the rest of the way, everyone must be clothed with my ability, my virtue, my power and my anointing. There are some yokes that you will encounter that cannot he broken with your own natural abilities, but it is going to require Me and My abilities to break them. YOU MUST HAVE MY ANOINTING! That was that. It was all I needed to know. I had the Word of the Lord.

You see, child of God, you are going to encounter things in these last days that will confound all of the education and natural ability in the world. However, with the anointing of God, you will be able to handle these challenges masterfully and victoriously. You cannot do it alone. You must say "good-bye" to the old Lone Ranger mentality, and say "hello" to the anointing of God. You must have God's anointing. Without it, you will not succeed.

In the following pages you will discover what the anointing is, how it operates and how you can make it a permanent part of your daily life. Once that happens, no challenge will face you that you cannot overcome, no weapon the devil may send against you can catch you by surprise or do you harm and no circumstance can steal your joy and peace.

It is with this in mind that I present to you what I believe is an absolutely essential message for everyone in the Body of Christ to know and understand"God's Purpose for the Anointing."

Chapter 1

From Humility to the Anointing

"The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility." Proverbs 15:33

The Anointing. That term is thrown around a lot in Christian circles today. "He's a very anointed speaker...She has a real anointing for that...The anointing breaks the yoke, you know." You can hear such comments on any given Sunday in any charismatic or Pentecostal church in America.

But what is The Anointing?

In the course of this study you'll find out. What's more, you'll learn how you can qualify for and operate in the anointing.

Qualify? Yes! You see, only one type of person is truly able to understand the nature of the anointing and walk in itand that person is one who has come to the point of genuine humility.

Notice I said genuine humility. Most people don't even know what that is. They don't recognize it when they see it because they judge by the wrong criteria. Thus, many of the people we have called humble are actually prideful and vice versa.

What is Humility?

According to the world's standards, a humble man walks around with his head down, his shoulders slouched and doesn't say much. But the world is mistaken. A quiet person is not necessarily a humble person. One can be silent and yet rebellious ; quiet and yet selfish.

By the same token , a man who walks confidently and knows who he is, is not necessarily arrogant. Confidence is not pride. Consider the confident servant waiting to boldly carry out his master's command. He is confident, yet at the same time, he is yielding to the authority of another.

What, then, is true humility? Let's look at what the Word has to say about it.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (Proverbs 16:19)

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. (Proverbs 29:23)

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2)

The Bible says humility is "lowliness" or the act of being lowly. According to these verses, the lowly have wisdom and it's better to have a humble spirit than a spirit of pride.

In a very basic sense, to be humble means to be submissive. It means to take your authority, power and independence and yield them to another. It implies becoming totally obedient to a higher authority. To step down, in order to look up.

Child of God, when you are humble in the sight of God, you place yourself in a lowly position under His mighty hand. You are under His authority and power. You refuse to move until you find out where He wants you to go, when He wants you to go and what He wants you to do when you get there.

A humble man has no plans, programs or ideas of his own. He simply adopts with all his heart the plans, programs and ideas of the one to whom he is submitted . No longer independent , he becomes interdependent with the authority over him.

Pride is totally opposite in nature.

A prideful man has a conceited belief in his superiority over others. He exalts his plans, programs and ways of doing things above God's . When you are prideful, you do what you want, the way you want to do it and when you want it done. You live as if you are independent of God's hand and authority.

If you live this way, you will ultimately be brought low. You cannot stand for very long without God's hedge around you. Pride invariably leads to a fall.

"I Know Not!"

What does all this have to do with the anointing? Plenty. Before God ever showed me anything about the anointing, I had to come to the point of true humility. I had to realize that my power and my ways of doing things were no longer sufficient to accomplish all that God had called me to do.

The same will be true for you. You will have to adopt God's way of doing things before you can enjoy the success the anointing brings. You will have to humble yourself before God can exalt you.

The Bible is full of accounts of men who did exactly that. Take Solomon, for example. In I Kings 3, we see him as a newly crowned king. He had just received a divine visitation during which God told him that He would give him anything he would ask. It was an easy time for Solomon to step into pride, wouldn't you say? But he didn't. He simply prayed: