Walking in the Anointing | Jason Martin

You're listening to a message to go from axt church. We hope this message

will light up your tea. I have been preaching on a series. It

has sort of evolved a week after week. So I started off with the

presence of God, right presence of God, the omnipresence of God, many

fest presence of God. And then after that I went into calling. Okay,

so I get the slide up. So we're talking about calling. Remember

y'all remember this, So God's calling? Do we answer God's calling? And

then under calling there were four different points. God gives us a calling,

we have to have the courage to respond to it. Once we have the

courage, then there is the capacity. God will enlarge our capacity, and

then we can finally conquer and have our breakthrough. Right, So they were

calling, and then I like, every time I think that the sermon is

over, then I'll be thinking, God will place a word into my heart

and say that, hey, there is more to this. Okay, So

more to this. I expanded the word capacity call next line. So when

we were talking about capacity, there was conviction. So if you recall Joshua

and Caleb, although God gave them a call, they had the courage.

They have to they had to have the conviction to go forth and take it.

And after conviction, the next one is they had to pay the cost.

You have to pay the price, the cost to pay when your capacity

is expanded. So this was this was the story. Let me recall of

Joseph. Remember how at seventeen years old he was probably not the most likable

person, but on the course of the God's journey, God enlarged his capacity.

But he had to pay the price, and then he finally received stepped

into his calling. And the last one was cause where we touched on the

five loaves and two fish, So we are blessed to be a blessing.

So when God land largest our capacity is for us to be blessed to be

a blessing. So I thought, okay, that's about it, right for

this, after we have our calling, God has enlarged our capacity. So

I thought that was a about it. But after I ap preach this,

I was like, yeah, I was going through the different weeks right now,

I'm like, whow, it's very tiring for God to enlarge my capacity

time and time again. You know, you feel how many again? I

asked you all the questions how many have you all won your capacity to be

enlarged? Are you sure? Because it's gonna cost you. It's gonna cost

you. Right. So, after I appreciate this again, all this,

I was preaching to myself, I need to like psyche myself up and like

God has a plan for me. I'm going through different seasons. He's enlarging

my capacity. But after that, I was like, Hey, why am

I still feeling so tired? Why am I still feeling so bogged down?

Although I have I have preached about this, God has spoke to me about

this. Why am i am I still feeling this? And what I came

to realize is a lot of the time the capacity, right, the enlargement

of our capacity, we are depending on our own strength. We are depending

on our own strength. We think that, Wow, I have to do

more and I have to be stretched. God has to do God is giving

me so many challenges and I have to rise up to the challenges. And

what I realized right is that God placed a word into my heart. It

was like saying, hey, you're being your capacity is being enlarged, but

are you walking in your anointing? So I was like, wow, Okay,

what's anointing. So I wanted to ask you, all right, what

when the word anointed or anointing comes in mind, what do you think of

you? Probably you probably heard us a preacher before the preacher preachers and whoa,

this guy is so anointed? Have you said that before? Or worship

leader? Worship leaders? Wow, this person is so anointed. And I

also have been, uh, said words like this. So when I did

a study on the word anointed or anointing, I discovered that he probably my

theology a bit, say o, and I'm sharing this here, Okay,

this is my my understanding of the world, okay, and uh, this

is my journey of going it through. So a lot of times we that

that is what we relate anointed to, that this guy is super talented.

God's hand is upon him and he can do many things. So the question

I want to ask you today next light then, what is the difference between

gifted and anointed? What is the difference between gifted and anointed? Is it

the same? How many of you all say it's the same. How many

of y'all say is different? Different? Okay? So since it's family Sunday,

I have to show a video, right. I was like struggling.

I've always I have to make sure that kids are engaged as well. So

I want to show video. So let's let's play the video. There's no

mister bean. Hello, my friends. We were having a very nice conversation

earlier. And you have the coolest first name. But I think i've ever

heard tell us your name. It's working. Come on, it's working.

Come on. What's your name? Preciets, white hair and precis. How

how old are you? How? Five years old? That's incredible? And

where where do you live? Stop chopp in Florida? Okay, Now I've

got a very important question for you. What would you do with the million

dollars if you want? I was I was shared with poor people at homeless

people and anybody. It is so well, it's very sweet, with a

little bit left over. What would you buy yourself? I would buy two

hundred bags of slime and squishy toyce, two hundreds. I love how you

can make it fart in your hands the slime. Yes, yeah, I

love that. You are so sweet. Now, how many years have you

been learning to play the drums? Since? As one and two and three?

What you know my son also plays the drums. I think being a

drummer is the coolest thing in the world. No more questions. You just

have the best time of your life. Okay, thank you. I saw

him backstage stretching. Yeah, he's ready. Let's see is he sitting standing?

I can't tell the party exact great, don't I just got ram made

yourself look that you did so good? Mine? How did that feel?

Did that feel good? Yes? Yeah, Simon? How wait did we

go to you first? Were you standing or sitting standing? No? Do

you feel like you did good? Yes, sir, No, you did

great. Thank you. I have to say you're better than most adults that

are trying to do this. Young man, I can't believe you're only five

years old. I want to know. Do you train every day to be

that good? Yes, ma'am. Well it shows because you're very, very

good. It's good. I love that. I can tell that you're enjoying

it and you're so good at it, and you're so handsome. Also,

thank you. nowI when you said he was great, I am going to

disagree because I think he was brilliant genuinely. Your timing was unbelievable, your

showmanship was unbelievable, and you're doing something most importantly I can tell you love

and you know what being a great drummer means. You are the coolest person

on the planet right now, you know that. I think I know where

this is going to go. Howie, yes, Heid we beat? Okay

for yes sir? Right? So back to my question, was that gifted

or anointed? Gifted? So is there a difference of gifted and anointed?

Because what if I ask you this question, right, if this same guy

came here to exclaim and played drums for worship, would you say he is

anointed or gifted? You know, I'm asking you the same thing. If

he came here in service and played drums for us, how many of you

all say he would be gifted? How many of you all say anointed?

How many are not sure? Okay, so you're in the same position I

was when I started doing research for this message. I was struggling to find

the difference bet anointed and gifted. And if someone says that, wow,

this person is anointed, what does that mean? Okay? So a person

can be very gifted and not be a Christian. Right, you got so

many celebrities who are so gifted, They got so many talents, and if

you look at the like they can also make you cry. So sometimes right,

just because somebody is so talented and you're emotionally drawn to it, it

just means that they are gifted. But then what is anointed? Okay?

What is anointed next? Slide back one? Yes, so gifted is having

exceptional talent or natural ability. Exceptional talent or natural ability, that is someone

who is gifted, right, I think we no one will dispute this.

They all of us can recognize talent. Okay, all of us can recognize

talent. In fact, men recognizes talent very easily. But when it comes

to anointing, sometimes we don't really recognize anointing. So what is anointed next?

So anointed means consecrated or made sacred, dedicated to God, often in

a ceremony that includes dabbing of sprinkling with holy oil. In another sense,

it's you are being set apart by God and thin Pastiduleian previously preached on holiness,

right, holiness is being set apart by God. But in this day

and time right, we most of the time celebrate people who are gifted instead

of those who are anointed. And this is very, very dangerous because we

are celebrating the talents. But we may not recognize God's calling on certain people,

and it's the same thing for us as well. So that's what we

have to be quite cautious. And let me tell you a few verses on

anointing. Right next one Isaiah sixty one. The spirit of the Lord God

is upon me because the Lord has an anointed me to preach good tidings to

the poor. He has set me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim

liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are

bound. So when God anointed, he gave us a mission. The anointing

comes with a mandate, which is to preach the good news, to heal

the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty, opening of the prison. So there's

a lot of it here. You can see. It is about serving both

God and men. Right. When we are gifted right, the talents might

be glorifying to us alone, but when we are walking in God's anointing,

it's about serving God and men. Next Slime Acts, chapter ten. So

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy spirit and with power, who

went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed. By the devil,

for God was with him. So even Jesus Christ was anointed. Two.

When you are anointed, you're anointed to do something. You're anointed for a

purpose, and that's what Jesus Christ was. He was anointed who went about

doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was

with him. Okay, So I hope it gives you a bit of difference

within what is gifted and anointed. So anointing right, Sometimes if God has

anointed you, probably only you may know it. You know, it might

not be obvious to others. Versus if you're talented, everyone can see it.

So then the title for today's sermon is right, how then do we

walk in the anointing next night? So this is the sermon title for today.

I feel it's a bit deep, you'll get you thinking, but it's

okay because I feel this is something that we really need to recognize as a

church, both the kids and the adults as well, because a lot of

times we put gifted on the pedestal when what God wants to do is actually

to walk an anointed life. He didn't call us to walk a gifted life.

When gifted life is meaning look at me, see what I can do.

But when we are walking an anointed life, we are saying that God,

what do you want me to do for you so that I can achieve

your calling for my life? Okay? So the first point is God chooses

you. Okay, God chooses you, so you cannot I mean in terms

of anointing. Right. God is the one that created us, so he

knows what he has placed within us. He knows the capabilities, he knows

the experiences, he knows there is no mistake where we were born into wish

family, into wish environment. God chose us us and he has anointed us.

So let me take us to some scripture for Samuel sixteen. So this

is the story about David. David was anointed by Prophet Samuel. So this

is starting from verse six. So actually starting from for Samuel sixteen. Prophet

Samuel was actually very sad. You know why he was sad because Saul,

who he had anointed earlier, was no longer anointed by God and Prophet Samuel.

God told of Samuel to go and anoint a new king. So i'll

read here from verse six. So it was when they came that he looked

at Eliab and said, surely the Lord's anointed is before me. So Iliab

is who David's oldest brother. But the Lord said to Samuel, do not

look at his appearances or at his physical stature, because I have refused him.

For the Lord does not see as man sees. For man looks at

the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Next night,

so Jesse called Abindab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said,

neither has the Lord chosen this one. Then Jesse made Shama pass by,

and he said, neither has the Lord chosen this one. Thus Jesse made

seven of his sons passed before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, the

Lord has not chosen this. And Samuel said to Jesse, are all the

young men here? And he said, there remains the youngest, and there

he is keeping the sheep next line. And Samuel said to Jesse, send

and bring him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.

For he sent and brought him in. Now he was rudy, with bright

eyes, good looking, and the Lord said, arise anoint him, for

he is the one. Then Samuel took the horn of oil anointed him in

the midst of his brothers, and the spirit of the Lord came upon David

from that day onward. So Samuel arose and went to Rama. Right,

So Samuel when to David's hometown, he was looking to anoint. God just

pointed him in the direction take your oil, go, I will tell you

who to annoy. So when he saw Ilia, why what Samuel? What

was Samuel's response? Surely this is the one. Why because Ilia probably looked

like Saul. Probably looked like Saul. He was probably tall, he was

good looking, he had probably had charisma, he was probably everything that Saul

was. And Samuel was looking for sam Saul two point zero. But what

did God say? Not this one went to the second brother, not this

one as well, third brother, not this well went through seven brothers,

it was not there. And then God said told Samuel to ask for David,

since there are some points that we can recognize from here. When God

annoyins us, he knows what we need to do. So he chooses us.

And although man may not choose us. You know, sometimes you feel

like, hey, how come I'm not recognized. You see, David was

not even invited to the party. Can you imagine it, they were saying.

Right, if imagine David was in the pasture and say he's scrolling through

social media. You're scrolling to social media, and then he sees that,

Hey, my father is throwing a party with the prophet Samuel. Oh my

brothers is there, but I'm not there. How would you feel? You

would feel like, why why am I not invited? Am I not special?

Am I being overlooked? But you see, when God chooses you,

no matter if man overlooks us, God will still find us out. So

Samuel said, we will not start until you bring David here, and that

is when God wants to anoint us. So man may look at the outward,

but God looks at the heart. God looks at the heart. And

we may not look like we have all the talents. We may not look

like we are capable. We have the we have the ability, we can

talk well. You look at Moses. When God anointed Moses, Moses says

that he I can't speak well. So God told him to take eron.

So God is not looking for the gifted. God is looking for those who

are available. And God is looking for those of us that have our heart

postured towards him. So when he has called us, he will find us.

He will find us. You don't have to worry to go and publicize

yourself. You see, David didn't go and say, look at me,

I can do this. I can kill a lion and a bear. I

have saved how many sheep? And he puts all his credentials. Actually right,

God did not even look at all the credentials. In fact, it's

man that wants to look at the credentials. But when God annoys, he

already knows what is within us, and he will use that for his glory.

Okay, so next life. So God has given us the grace to

run our race. We are supposed to run our race. And when we

compare ourselves with other people who are more talented, and we say that I

don't have this, why why is it not fair? God does not make

mistakes. God has given us everything that we need to succeed in our race.

So like yesterday, right, so we went, so Danzel just started

running, or so now running every Saturday, he will come to codical morning.

So yesterday we join a group of friends running. Right, so some

of them can run really fast. Right, so we start at the same

pace, but run really fast, and then after a while you can't see

them last. So then I was telling Denzel a few years ago, I

will have peel pressure. I will want to keep up with them and not

be dropped, you know, because I want to run ther race. They

are different fitness level, they have a different experience, they have different abilities.

But I am called to run my race. So I told him,

Bro, don't worry. Just run your pace. Just run at your pace.

Run at your pace. You will finish your race, and you will

finish it strong. If you run somebody else's race and you do not have

dear abilities, what happens to you? You will burn out. You will

burn out. So God has called given us our grace to run our race.

So when He anoints us, he has chosen us. He is not

making any mistakes. He has chosen us. Okay, So that's the first

point. God chose David even though man did not recognize him. God already

discovered him. I knew you in your mother's womb, So God does not

make mistakes. So after God has chosen you, then what next line?

So what happened after God annoints What happened to David after God anointed him?

What happened to David after God anointed him? You know what happened? Nothing?

He went back to the sheep. He went back to the sheep.

So a lot of times when somebody say praise for you, or there's a

word of prophecy released over us, or word of knowledge, or somebody speaks

a word over immediately, we think things change immediately, everything changes. But

actually, next line, when we are anointed, you have to be developed

before you are appointed. And this why did I use this picture? You

know what's this picture? Developed? Flum? Yeah, so I was testing

it in my kids yesterday. Do you know how flum is developed? It's

like, what's flume like flam? It's not flam, but so so I

do. I realized, oh man, this is a generational I feel very

old ready, Okay, So next night, So this is how a camera

looked a long time ago. So this is so, this is a camera

and this camera you had to put in flum and flum is what you see

here. You know that that strip here. So when you put in FLM

into the camera, you only can take twenty four shots or thirty six shots.

How many of y'all have taken a photo with this camera before. Okay,

so when you take this photo, right, you take this camera,

you take this photo. I think in this day and asia, when I

look back, it's incredible how my parents got photos of us. Cause now

I try and take photo of my kids and one I close, one,

I open one looking, you know, and then we are like checking and

then retake last time? Right, you take by faith? You just take

the photo, click, pray, everything goes well, You go to the

shop, you hand it over and then you pray for three days, four

days, five days, you pray, and then and the photos finally come

out. You'll be like, oh no, there was a mark on the

lens. And then suddenly all your photos have unnatural filter. You know.

Oh yeah, we all recall that. But what happens from the place where

you take your photo to when you collect your photo? The photo has to

be developed. Yeah, after you finish your film, of course, you

and you surrender the firm to the photoshop, right you have the film has

to be developed in a dark room. It has to be a dark room.

No one can see what is going on in there. No one knows

what's going on in there except the people who are processing the film. And

after a few days after the film is processed and the pictures come out,

and when it is ready to be revealed to the world. That's when it

is surrendered to you. And then you look at your photos and then you're

probably happy with it. Hopefully you're happy with it. If you went to

Disneyland and took your photos during that time and then you come back and then

on man, all the photos is off my foot, you feel like,

oh no, so wasted, right, But that's the same. I think

this example I got from from Christine Kane when when she was sharing a lot

of times, when God annoints us, he has already placed a picture in

our hearts. But we need to develop that calling. We need to develop

it. But most of the time, after we get this anointing, we

straight away go and expose it to the world. Hey, look at me.

Imagine if David went up and said, hey, I'm going to be

the next king, but then what happened? He still went back to this

shepherd. So God will allow time for us to develop developed into before we

are appointed to the calling. So let me go to the next second Seminel

five. Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke

saying, indeed, we are your bone and your flesh. Also in time

past, when Saul was king over us, and you were the one who

led Israel out and brought them in, and the Lord said to you,

you shall shepherd my people Israel and be ruler over Israel. Therefore, all

the elders of Israel came to the King at Hebron, and King David made

a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David over

David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned forty years. So, if y'all were here the last

time I preached, there was another guy who was who was anointed, but

only stepped into his appointment when he was thirty years old. Do you recall

it was Joseph, But Jesus was stepped into his calling when he was thirty.

So although we are anointed, we have to we can't rush the process.

God is developing it within us. What did David had to go through?

David had to go through mocked and scorning from his brothers. Imagine right

after they annoying you. Then nothing happens. You go back into the shepherd

and being a shepherd boy. Then he went to fight Goliath. The brothers

also mocked him. After he defeated Goliath, he became famous. And then

they said Saul killed a thousand, David killed ten thousands. What happened?

He had to deal with fame. How did he deal with fame? He

had to deal with fame? And after that, because of fame, Saul

wanted to kill him. And instead of killing Saul, he honored Saul.

And that was when his character developed into the person God wanted him to be.

So David was known as a man after God's own heart. What happened

in that time of development in the dark room, when no one was watching,

That is what is most important for our calling. God will develop us

in the dark room when there's no applause. Will you still do it when

there's no applause? Will you still do it when no one is watching,

when people are mocking, when things are tough? Will we still be faithful?

Because God is oneting to see whether we can handle the anointing and the

gifting that He has given to us. Have you seen people who are really

gifted but they couldn't handle it. I'm sure you have how many celebrities have

overdosed? Then you'll be thinking, right, A lot of times you'll be

thinking like, I mean, the reason why was like the Matthew Perry friends

or even Robin Williams. All these are comedians, they are really rich,

they are really talented. But and if they couldn't develop themselves, if they

didn't have a strong character. Sometimes fame, sometimes your gifting, will consume

you and destroy you. And that's why God, when he annoints us,

he wants to develop us so that we are ready to serve him and glorify

him. Okay, next light, So this you recall Joseph. I mentioned

Joseph. Joseph was a young man of seventeen, standing his foughts. Okay,

so this one I recall mentioned next and the last verse yere, Joseph

was thirty years old before he stood Pharaoh, King of Egypt. Joseph went

through the dark room. David went through the dark room. Are we scared

of going through the dark room? Do we give up and expose ourselves and

destroy the photos before it is time? God is checking to see we are

faithful to the calling that He has placed in our lives right, so and

next line. And sometimes we think it's taking too long, and we think

that God is not in the picture. So this is sometimes I go through

this as well. I'm like, God, why is it taking so long?

I thought you told me this. It shouldn't be this difficult. It

shouldn't be this difficult. But then this is what the Bible says. And

we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purpose. Do we believe this?

Do I believe this? That everything works together for the good, whether

it is comfortable or uncomfortable, All things work together for the good. Next

line. And we also have to recognize that God's thoughts are higher, and

God's thoughts are better than ours. So he says Heer. For my thoughts

are not your thoughts, nor your ways. My way, says the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways

higher than yours, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. So when we

are going through that dark room, we have to surrender and say, God,

I do not recognize, I don't understand, but I believe that all

things work together. For the good. Okay. So now I'm going to

my last point. So I've spoken about all this. Right now, turn

to your neighbor and say are you anointed? And then turn to your other

neighbor and say, am I anointed? So what do you think? What

do you think? Are you anointed? You recall right earlier I said when

we see somebody of somebody who is really talented on stage, especially in church,

we say that, Wow, that person is really anointed. So now

I'm asking you are you anointed? Then? How do you differentiate your anointing

and gifting? Okay? So the answer is here next line. You have

an anointing from the whole one, and you know all things. I have

not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you

know it, and there is no lie is of the truth. So all

of us have the anointing. All of us have the anointing. Again,

what is anointing? You are set apart for God's glory? Okay, So

tell your neighbor I am anointed. Do you believe it or not? Okay?

Next life Okay, for the son of God, Jesus Christ, who

was preached among you by us, by me Sylvanus and Timothy was not yes

and no, but in him was yes. For all the promises of God

in him are yes, and in him Amen to the glory of God through

us. Now, he who establishes us with you in Christ has anointed us

in God. So when you are in Christ, you are anointed in God,

who also has sealed us and given us the spirit in our hearts as

a guarantee. Okay, so just remember this. If Christ is in you,

you are anointed. So now I want to ask you a question.

What is Jesus's full name? Is it Jesus of Nazareth? Is it Jesus

Christ? Is it Jesus Joseph? A lot of people think his full name

is Jesus Christ. But what is the meaning of Christ? What is the

meaning of Christ? Next line, Christos a Greek word that means the anointed

one, all the chosen one. In Greek, Christ means the anointed one.

In Hebrew it means Messiah. And how many of us have accepted Jesus

Christ as our personal Lord and savior. If you have accepted Jesus Christ as

your personal Lord and savior, it means that the anointed One is living in

you, which makes you anointed. So the question again, I mean,

turn to your neighbor and say I am anointed. I am anointed. Matthew

ten, Matthew sixteen. Sorry, next, and so Jesus, Jesus.

He said to them, but who do you say I am? Simon Peter

answered and said, you are the Christ. Again, Simon Peter didn't say

you are the Jesus. You are the Christ. You are the anointed one,

the son of the living God. So when we say that Jesus Christ

is living in us, we have God's anointing in our lives. But if

we are not careful, we will we are not able to differentiate between gifted

and anointing. There are so many people, so many churches said to say,

or so many even talented pastors or preachers who have probably they are really

gifted, but they may have lost the first love, right, and this

is something that we have to be aware of. Let's not look at just

the gifting, but let's look at God's calling over their lives. And I

think, in ex, kids talking about the apocalypse right now, right the

end times. So let's see the next verse. Then, if anyone says

to lou look, here is the Christ, or there do not believe it,

for false Christ and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders

to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See I have told you

beforehand. See look here the word here right there is false Christ. And

why are we deceived by false Christ? Is because of signs and wonders.

So don't look at the outward appearance. But let's seek God. And even

as we seek God, we will recognize what path He wants to take us

on. So even as I draw to western close, get the And so

this is the last verse first John two. But you have an anointing from

the Holy One, and you know all things. This is a verse that

I've mentioned just now. I have not written to you because you do not

know the truth, but because you know it, and that is of no

lie to the truth. So when we are walking in God's anointing, we

will know the truth. We will not be deceived. And ultimately, next

line God's calling for our lives. It's God's anointing for us. So if

you have Jesus Christ in your life, it means that you have accepted the

anointed one to your lives. So are we walking the anointed life? Because

if we are, then we are walking in God's calling for our lives.

And allow God to do a new work within us. Allow God to develop

us in the dark room, when things are tough, when things are not

going away. But in due time, God's glory will be revealed in your

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