WE CAN STILL BE EDUCATED BY THE "OLD SCHOOL"

I RECENTLY ATTENDED A CONFERENCE AND WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ON OPENING NIGHT WAS ON "ANOINTING".  I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN THINKING TO MYSELF, " GREAT, HERE COMES ANOTHER HOLY GHOST REVIVAL, SENSATIONALIST, OLD-SCHOOL SERMON." BUT WHAT I EXPERIENCED FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES CHALLENGED MY LIFE, MY FAITH, AND EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GOD'S PRESENCE THUS FAR IN MY 26 YEARS ON EARTH.

AS CHRISTIANS, WE DESPERATELY NEED GOD'S ANOINTING!  AS MINISTERS, AS PARENTS, FRIENDS, COLLEGES AND DRUMMERS; THE ANOINTING OF GOD IS THE VARIABLE BY WHICH WE CAN LIVE LIVES OF POWER AND MEANING. 

WE HAVE ALL BEEN PLAYING IN A WORSHIP SERVICE AND NOTICED THAT FEELING BY WHICH WE KNOW GOD'S PRESENCE IS ACTIVE AND MOVING.  A TANGIBLE GLIMPSE, A FAINT ECHO OF GOD'S VOICE. THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE IS NOTHING...NO POWER...NO PRESENCE...NOTHING.  NO ANOINTING.

OUR CONFERENCE SPEAKER DESCRIBED "THE ANOINTING" AS GOD'S CURRENT PRESENCE AND HIS ACTING. AND THE BIBLE GIVES US GREAT UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT THE ANOINTING IS ALL ABOUT.
 
-AMOS 6 TELLS US THAT THE ANOINTING CAN COME AND GO FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.   
-HEBREWS 1:9 TELLS US THAT THE ANOINTING CAN POSITION YOU TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS
-THE BIBLE ALSO TELLS US THAT GOD'S ANOINTING PROVIDES PROTECTION

AS ERRONEOUS HUMAN BEINGS THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO LOSE THIS ANOINTING.  IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DIAGNOSE THE INDIVIDUAL DANGERS OF EVERY READER OF THIS BLOG.  (ALL SEVEN OF THEM...THANKS MOM) BUT THERE ARE 2 THINGS SPECIFICALLY WE CAN DO TO PROTECT GOD'S ANOINTING  IN OUR LIVES.

1. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR ACTIVITY - ARE YOU DOING THINGS THAT WILL VOID GOD'S ANOINTING?
2. CHECK YOUR MOTIVE - GOD'S WILL NOT EXALT SOMEONE WHO IS MORE CONCERNED WITH EXALTING THEMSELVES.

AS DRUMMERS, IT IS EASY TO BECOME CONSUMED WITH THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.  BUT EXCELLENT MUSIC WONT CHANGE LIVES, BREAK BONDAGE, HEAL MARRIAGES, OR MEND WOUNDS...THAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD'S ANOINTING SHOWS UP.  BE A PART.