Communicable Anointing Communicatively Passed On

• Communicable: Transmittable between persons, catching, contagious. 
• Anointing: To consecrate by the token of rubbing with oil.
• Communicatively: Inclined to communicate; talkative, pertaining to communication.

Got a little giggley for a moment as I was given the title for this post. These definitions are only the dictionary definitions of the above words. Before I go any further I will let you know before we expound here we are not talking about disease when we say communicable but we are talking about being contagious of God! Amen! That is a good transmission and catchy.The more its given away the more contagious you are and there are no side effects. There are symptoms but not related to disease but of all that is in, of and pertaining to God. Token is a sign, a representation in the actually rubbing with oil. This denotes that there is an action in the anointing that is or has taken place. Communicatively is the act of being talkative, communicating with another. And look at this..... 'Inclined' would tell us there is a predisposition to speak. Might I suggest that inclined might mean going upward. All things are either on an incline or decline. So the anointing takes you further; takes you higher from the previous place you were. 

This subject I could talk about all day so here I will just start typing points of interest that you will either glean from or it shall be confirmed within.....

• The anointing contains the miraculous; no matter how large or small.
• The anointing skims the dross of any negative circumstances.
• The anointing is happy and full of life.
• The anointing is necessary! Some things are not - but this is necessary!
• The anointing allows you to go as far with God as you so desire.
• The anointing is not constrictive or restrictive; it removes circumstance.
• The anointing is the place of victory.
• The anointing moves and settles in many different ways.
• The anointing thrives on obedience and also connectiveness. 
• The anointing flows through belief and wains under unbelief. 
• The anointing backs every Godly decision you make and allows faith to flow.

On that last point I want to say this. My 2 oldest children used to use the word "random" a lot when they were teenagers; a catchy word that they used in a funny way to describe "off the wall" or "different". The dictionary meaning for the word random is this...'without regard to rules or schedules'. I thought of this just now in regard to the anointing. As you turn off of one main road to get to my home you have to turn onto Random Road. That made me laugh at first. But stay with me. I can go straight at the stop sign or I can go right at the stop sign and follow around either way or go to the next stop sign and turn and go up to the next street and turn to get to my house. It is my decision which way to turn to find my house but like the decision being in the hands of God of the anointing once its given away it is all up to the receiver.

In another way, you can listen to the preach and it is in the heart and mouth of the preacher to give the word. Once it leaves out and into the crowd or the atmosphere it is up to the hearers to press into the understanding of the message given. When I think of my family as an example, as I was naming my children I wanted them to be very different from the next. Certainly there is nothing wrong with a large family having many names beginning with the same letter. Stay with me. The anointing falls where the Holy Spirit wills to reach. The anointing is coupled with decision to want it, to go after it and with no fear. There are no boundary where you are willing to receive in His presence. Where there is a righteous will to step in and step under there is no stopping what can be done within your life and spirit.  

There are so very many and varying ways the anointing flows and so many aspects of the anointing to discuss. If you are thinking "Oh no, this is gonna be one of those long posts" you may well be correct : ) Why stop a good thing when it is just beginning? With the anointing I will boldly say that is virtually impossible to not use to God's glory if you know of its incredible value and all the love contained within it.

Here is an example I want to share with you to explain one aspect that I feel is highly important in regard to the anointing. The anointing reminds me of a carbonated drink you pour and it fizzles at the top. If you pour too quickly it bubbles over the glass. Sometimes I have been known to stick my finger in the top of the glass and somehow this makes the bubbles go down quickly. I suppose there isn't anything wrong with doing that if the glass was mine ; ) But the parallel I want to draw upon is not a habit but when the anointing is flowing greatly the anointing is a sensitive thing. First of all it contains all of God within it. You might stop there and ponder that last sentence for a long while. It contains all of God within it. There are so many aspects of the anointing. The anointing is pure and at its height doesn't operate alongside of impurity. This does not in any way serve to condemn, speak or judge another less than or even one's sin. In purest form its flow tolerates no less. Read with me Isaiah 10 verse 27b...And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. I conclude that with righteous intent this is one powerful oil! What I am not conveying here is a spirit of religion of which in times in all of our pasts acted like a finger that intervened and caused the anointing of the Holy Spirit to be less in use or void of use due to negativity, inability, fear or the like. That is different than not wanting your cup to overflow. Do you see what I am saying? This is apples and oranges. One is dealing with the physical aspects we deal with in the everyday and the other is dealing with the spiritual aspects of your life. The anointing is the giver of life. It is important to remember that within the finger of God lies the anointing and within it..... the oil of joy, the healing and fire of the Holy Spirit within it. I am sure I can recall my two same teenagers in times past use the phrase "that's the bomb"! In the same way, the anointing is The Balm! Amen!  

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When you think about the tabernacle and this is a vast view I am sharing here but go with me for a moment in this. When the pattern was given, the instructions were given to be carried out with purpose. As one foot was placed in front of the other in obedience to the divine instruction given there was a flow of accomplishment. I have always loved this verse...Exodus 36:1 says this...

And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all the Lord has commanded.

Even in this, this was how the Holy Spirit moved up with guidance in that day. These instructions were for our teach to show us things to come. Now look at what is available to you now!  I once put together a retreat on Gifts of the Spirit based from this verse. I will touch on the subject a bit more here drawing on the obedience, alignment, care, giftings and ingredients that are spoken of. These two were called of God and carried a spirit of wisdom and understanding. The Spirit of Wisdom denotes the future. Understanding or knowledge denotes the past or present. Yes and Amen! Did you catch that?! In the future from this time we now know that the gift of Wisdom and the Gift of Knowledge operate in revelation and relation to one another. So these two fellas endowed with what God gave them were carrying important gifts. But it wasn't because of themselves. It was because of the anointing. Flesh profits nothing. But I want you to see in the above verse is that gifts weren't for the select two. It goes onto say every gifted artisan whose heart was stirred to come and do the work. Woah, there is glory all over that! Not about taxing labor; but rather about giftedness as the Lord had commanded. We are to come before God with worship; we all.

Lets look at verse 28....and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

Oil forever has and forever will be producer of light. Indeed spices make the fragrance sweet. Cinnamon in my house is not just a Christmas scent. There is something spiritually speaking about the fragrant offerings of worship and unity that give off that sweet spiced scent. This is how God sees the heart of man as you come together in the house of God in the giving of material and spiritual gifts. This goes back to God's care of the physical and spiritual aspects of our lives.

Verse 29 summarized this well....The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.   

All God's children brought willingly with right motive and all kinds of gifts when the man of God spoke out what God had told him to say. It truly rests in the motive of the heart. And within motive of heart there is rest knowing you have heard. As you go on down through Chapter 36, you will find that there was no shortage and more than enough. Amen! This constitutes and calls for a full and operative house of the Almighty God! And amidst the obedience you will find a grandiose flow of the anointing.   

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There are four points I have found that set well with me that an elderly African Missionary left me with in the late 90's at a house church meeting I attended monthly for a time. I see that the anointing hasn't changed so I will share them here.

The anointing is...

1. A divine enablement of God's ability that has been imparted in the lives of the believer to do His work.
2. A precious and essential element that allows the believer to do things outside of the their natural ability.
3. A tangible measure of God's ability that can flow through the life of believers so as to see God given results.
4. A supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit that can affect everything and everyone with whom it comes in contact.     

That last one sets very well with my spirit because it has previously been called out earlier this year that the word this year is "manifest". _____________________________________________________

Again, when we speak of the flow of the anointing, it will flow freely when there is alignment and under the blessing. It does not flow under the curse. 

Increasing the Anointing:

• Get in the quiet. There are seasons for this. Turn off the stereo, cd's, television, call a quiet time in the house, take walks, go somewhere peaceful so that it is you and God.
• Decide what your hearts' desires are.
• Meditate on the Word of God
• Increase prayer times daily and fast alongside this.
• Worship the Lord in a way that magnifies Him.
• Bless those ones that do not treat you well. It changes things.
• Ask God for the Discerning of Spirits 
• Carry (at all times) the love of God.
• Be in the House of God as often as the church doors are open.

Have you ever seen a beaver damn? This illustration was given me to share with you to expound on hindrances to the flow of the anointing. Beavers have their place in creation. They are methodical, quick and efficient in their work. The problem is if this were the faucet in which you drink the anointing lets say, then the damn would either burst or you would be without. One thing I know if a beaver sees the work broke through then he sizes up the damage and goes back at it again and makes it stronger and perhaps in a different manner this next time to build up  the damn. The same is with the flesh and the enemy you encounter in growing in the anointing. You must have dedication, consecration, faithfulness and a hunger that keeps the river flowing but rather than building the damn, you are keeping it free of debri that there be increase and flow within you.

Let's get contagious, consecrated to the upward call to communicate. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. Word and Spirit. The Spirit follows the Word and that is where the blessing flows. Pass it on. 

Other posts related to the anointing...See 7/31/2010 "Life in the House" and 10/6/2010 (3 Posts) "Where Inspiration Flows", "Where Inspiration Flows From" and "Where Inspiration Flows from Further"