Luke 4:18 ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,.”
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DAILY READING –Matthew 11:20-30; Leviticus 13; Proverbs 25.

As a plumber by trade, Smith Wigglesworth lived an obscure and quiet life in Bradford, England. He and his wife, Polly had built a small mission house, but it was Polly that did most of the preaching. Smith felt constrained by a slight stuttering problem. Also he was an illiterate who only began learning to read and write as an adult.
However, when he clocked age 48, a sudden, dramatic change came upon him due to an encounter with the Holy Spirit.
In 1907, Smith attended Church services in a nearby town, Sunderland, where people were receiving the Holy Spirit baptism and speaking in other tongues. But Smith became frustrated when he failed to receive the baptism after some days.
Deciding to return back home, he went to the Church Vicar’s home to say, “Goodbye.”
There he met the Vicar’s wife, and told her he was returning home without speaking in tongues. As she laid hands on him and prayed a simple but powerful prayer, the fire fell! Smith saw a vision of the empty cross with Jesus exalted at the right hand of the Father. As he opened his mouth to praise God, instantly he began speaking in tongues.
Upon returning home to Bradford, the next Sunday, Smith chose to do the preaching. His wife, Polly was amazed as he seemed to be a new person speaking with great power. She said to herself “That’s not my Smith!”
As Smith continued to seek more of the Spirit through fasting, prayers and study of the Word, great power erupted in his life. This resulted in miracles, signs and wonders, that announced him all over England and beyond.
Through his ministry, over 23 dead people were raised and many diverse healings occurred. From an ordinary plumber, who couldn’t read or write correctly, the power of the Spirit transformed Smith Wigglesworth into a world acclaimed preacher.

Jesus lived quietly for 30 years in Galilee, known as the carpenter’s son. But suddenly, after Jesus was baptized, everything changed.
After spending 40 days in fasting and praying, Luke 4:14 says that He returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
On entering the synagogue, Jesus declared
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.’ [Luke 4:18]
In the same synagogue where it had been his custom to read, the people were amazed at the power of His words and asked themselves ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ (Luke 4:22).
A similar thing happened to Saul, Israel’s first king. In 1 Samuel 10:9, as the anointing came upon Saul, he was turned into another man such that the people of Israel wondered and said, “What is this that is come unto the son of Kish?”
When the Holy Spirit comes upon a person, there will be definite and great transformations.
Many ordinary people in the Bible were made extraordinary because of the anointing. Gideon, Othniel, Jephthah, Samson were ordinary men chosen to be Judges of Israel but when the anointing came on them they became extraordinary leaders. It was the anointing that shifted David from being a shepherd to become the King of Israel.
Truly, the anointing of the Spirit is the difference-maker!
It will take us from living ordinary lives to making great impacts in the world.
The reason why a Christian would feel stagnated, unfulfilled and frustrated is because the anointing is not flowing!
The truth is that mere busy-ness and “kingdom activity” cannot bring you contentment. It takes the Anointing to accomplish our God ordained purpose and be fulfilled in life.
Jesus died and shed His Blood so that we can be transformed from a lowlife of weakness and mediocrity, to a life of power and glory.
On leaving the earth, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be our helper, our comforter, our guide and activator. Through Him, we are turned into ‘another man’ and empowered to fulfill a glorious destiny.
In this new month, let us make a fresh commitment to seek the Holy Spirit wholeheartedly, so that we can soar to glorious new heights.
By God’s grace, it will be our season to arise from the ashes of stagnancy, redundancy and obscurity to experience the beauty of a wonderful new beginning.

PRAYER: Father, by the Blood of Jesus, I receive the grace to seek You with greater fervency so that I can experience a great anointing of Your Spirit. Thank You Lord for taking me to glorious new heights this month in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE: When you apply the Word of God it will work for you anywhere and anytime. WORDBITE 222.