Anointed by GOD Yet Distanced from GOD | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:53 be anointed by God and still be distanced from God. A lot of people

0:59 have this misconst where they say things like, oh my gosh, the worship

1:03 was so anointed today. Maybe the worship leader is walking really close to God.

1:07 Such a powerful word, such an anointed word by this preacher. That

1:11 means this preacher must be really in the Lord, having all these secrets from

1:15 the Lord. Or this ministry is so powerful, such a mighty anointing of

1:19 God operating through this ministry. So many people are getting here. There's so

1:23 many power gifts being manifested or you can see that so much of transformation and

1:29 so many great feats achieved by this ministry, this person. That means that

1:33 this person is really close to God. But I want to share something with

1:37 you, guys, and I want to really share this because I want to

1:38 share this from a place where you need to be cautioned so that you don't

1:44 fall prey to this. Right, there are two ways to look at this,

1:47 and I want to start up by sharing with you from Isaiah Fortify,

1:51 and I'm reading to you from the Nalty version. And this is what the

1:55 Lord says to Cyrus. Okay is anointed one whose right hand evil empower.

2:01 This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, Okay is anointed one, the

2:08 one anointed by him. If you look at different translations, it's focusing and

2:12 saying that this person is the anointed. And it goes on to talk about

2:16 how he will accomplish great feats. Okay before him, mighty kings will be

2:22 paralyzed with fear. Their fortress. Gates will be open, never to shut

2:25 again. This is what the Lord says. I will go before you,

2:30 Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and

2:35 cut through bars of fire, and I will give you secret treasures hidden in

2:39 the darkness, secret riches. I will do this so that you may know

2:45 that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls

2:47 you by name. Now, if you see this very powerful the Bible is

2:53 saying that this Cyrus is anointed of the Lord. God is saying I have

2:58 anointed him, and he's saying that he will accomplish great feeds, talking about

3:02 how he's going to be mighty powerful. He's going to do great feeds in

3:07 his life. That's what you see the couple of verses that I just read

3:12 to you. But Worse four is something I really want you to pay attention.

3:15 This is what it says. And why have I called you for this

3:19 work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me?

3:23 When you did not know me? I want you to pay attention to

3:28 this. Verse one says that he is anointed and that he's going to accomplish

3:31 great feeds, and worse four says that this king Cyrus does not even know

3:38 the Lord. I don't know who needs to hear this word. You can

3:40 be anointed and still not be in connection with God. You can see that

3:47 God is using you. You can see that God is using every aspect of

3:53 your life, your life to be a blessing and to be a barrier breaker

3:57 to make great feeds. Or you could see in somebody else life, how

4:00 somebody's ministry is being a blessing to so many people. It can be multitudes,

4:04 or it need not even be ministry. It could be a world leader,

4:09 It could be somebody in an influential position. It could be somebody.

4:14 You see that they can be used for God. They can be used for

4:18 enhancing the Kingdom of God, for the goodness or the good parts or the

4:24 reason why God wants to use them. But that does not mean that person

4:29 is having the personal walk with God. There are two things to look at

4:33 which means that number one, just because somebody is not in their walk with

4:39 the Lord, or their walk with God is not that good, does not

4:42 mean that their ministry is canceled. It does not mean that God is not

4:46 going to use them. Sometimes you see God sometimes even even ministries where the

4:53 leaders fall, but you see the ministry is still so powerful because the anointing

4:58 upon them is still powerful at work in them to accomplish the task of which

5:01 God created the person. Though there can be a downfall that can be hindrances

5:08 and obstacles to the impact of the ministry, but God's purpose will still prevail.

5:13 You look at even Samson, he felt he kept making mistakes just because

5:18 of that there were consequence for it, but God's anointing upon him, God's

5:23 call upon him was still prevailing. When the Bible says that he was called

5:27 to destroy the enemies who were trying to trouble the people of God, the

5:31 children of God, the Israelized. And you see, even in his death,

5:35 he was able to kill more of those enemies than he had ever done

5:40 in his lifetime, which means that he was still fulfilling his purpose through his

5:45 death. What I want you guys to understand is you can make mistakes,

5:48 but still the annoying of God upon your life to accomplish the task and purpose

5:53 for your life is not going to be canceled or affected for the most part

5:57 because of your mistake or anybody's ministry. Right sometimes because if somebody falls,

6:03 they cancel the whole ministry. No, God can still use and we need

6:10 people to be used for the glory of God to build the Kingdom of God,

6:14 and and and and listen to this carefully, listen to this caafully.

6:17 Nobody is perfect. We need to pray for our leaders, We need to

6:20 pray for those who fall. And you can't just accept whatever you know,

6:27 the negative aspects or the sinful nature or all of those things. We can't

6:30 accept that. But we should not cancel the fact that God is still using

6:36 because that person is still annointed and they're carrying out under the anointing that is

6:42 upon them to fulfill the purpose that God has far or through them. But

6:47 this is an important aspect. That's the second part to notice. To note

6:51 that just because you are able to do well in your ministry or your God

6:57 is still using you or using somebody, you have to be attentive to this

7:02 that you know is your walk with God still fine? You know, I

7:08 always check myself. I'll tell you, guys, I just want to say

7:12 this, not because I'm perfect, but I say this very respectfully. I

7:15 always check myself God. I am doing this ministry. I know that sometimes

7:21 I may be at my lowest point. God still loses me. I may

7:26 be going through things that I'm dealing with, But God still uses me.

7:29 The ministry is still powerful. The word goes forth and touches life, transforms

7:34 life. And I'm so I look at all of that. But yes,

7:38 the thing I always check myself just because people are being touched and transformed,

7:42 I always check in line with I say fortifying God does that. That does

7:46 not mean that my work with you is in the same place. Many times

7:53 I struggle as a human being. We allful, we all make mistakes,

7:57 but that's the way we need to because we need to guard ourselves. You

8:03 know, it's it's okay to fall once in a while. But what I'm

8:05 saying is you can't remain there. You can't be a hypocrite where you know

8:09 that your your personal life or walk with God is bad and still act like

8:16 everything is fine. You shouldn't live that way. There are times we go

8:20 through tough times. There are times when you know if you're not in the

8:24 best in terms of our walk with God, and God understands. God still

8:28 uses us. But don't let that become your lifestyle. Today. I want

8:33 you to introspect yourself. Yes, on the outside, you're fulfilling great feats,

8:39 You're doing great things for the glory of God. You're living as a

8:41 testimony for God. Maybe in your workplace, business, ministry, whatever it

8:46 is, you're doing those things. But check yourself. Is your personal walk

8:50 with God in the right place? Is your walk with the Lord in the

8:54 right place? Today? I pray that if that is not the case,

8:58 I pray that today you'll her commitment to say, you know what, God,

9:01 I want to sit right and make my relationship with God all right.

9:07 Because when you make your relationship with God all right, everything else will automatically

9:13 be all right right. Everything else will automatically take its place. God.

9:16 I pray for those who are listening around the world. Let this word go

9:20 forth in the name of Jesus, Lord, I let it convict hearts.

9:22 In the name of Jesus, those who need to rededicate their life, recommit

9:26 their life to make sure that their walk with You on a personal level is

9:31 still at its best. It's still in a good place in comparison to be

9:37 like a Cyrus who was the anointing of the Lord, who was doing great

9:41 feats, but he still did not have a personal work with God. Don't

9:46 let us be in the place in Jesus name. I pray a man God

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