You may have known a lot about the anointed: those on whom the Spirit of God came, but less about the anointing: how the Spirit moved upon and through those on whom he came. Of course, learning how to move in the anointing is one thing; knowing how to live normally while you are doing it is another thing entirely.
Those who fail to keep the physical and spiritual aspects in balance find themselves unable to ‘carry’ the anointing. Some find themselves unable to live a normal life, and in their efforts to live consciously in the anointing all the time, destroy themselves mentally. Others, elevated by their admirers, become proud or immoral. Many smashed lives lie at the feet of glorious pedestals.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Like the modern hang-glider that lifts people out of their limitations, the anointing can carry you far above and beyond your own abilities, into the realm of the supernatural. Most who want to move in the anointing, however, imagine that they must get “up there” before they can do it. In wanting to fly high spiritually, they miss the point, which is that the anointing isn’t found “up there” in the spiritual domain but “down here” on the earthly plane! That is what the eagle teaches us.
The children of Israel were told by the Lord: “I carried you on eagle’s wings…” The Lord was referring to the deliverance of his people from their captivity in Egypt. He was saying that he had “carried” them in the same way that eagles carry their fluttering young, when teaching them to fly. (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11)
Strange terminology, when the children of Israel knew that they had walked out of captivity and into freedom. Walked – through the heat of the desert. Walked – across the dried-up Red Sea. Walked – in the dusty wilderness. Walked! Yes and No. Yes, they had walked. No, the Lord had carried them. In their eyes it had been a walk; in the Lord’s eyes it had been a ride. They hadn’t realized they’d been carried. “Whew! We made it!” they said, not knowing that God had enabled them to make it. They’d been moving in God’s power without feeling his presence.
Having trouble getting started? Learn another lesson from the eagle.
On the ground, an eagle is ungainly. When it begins to take flight, its wings seem to flop more than flap. In fact, the eagle flies not just by moving its wings but by instinctively knowing how to catch an upward current of air. It then spreads its wings and rises on thermals – ascending currents of hot air, trapped against cliffs or mountains. Pushed by prevailing winds, a thermal’s only escape is upward.
The eagle haunts this type of terrain, because a thermal can carry it aloft with a minimum of effort on the bird’s part. All it does is flap a little, and then extend its huge wingspan – the rising current of heated air does the rest. The secret is not in the flap but in the spread.
Your ability to move in the anointing is not unlike the the eagle’s ability to fly. Some Christians ‘get in a flap’ trying to get ‘up there’ among those who move in the anointing. They fail to see the paradox of the children of Israel walking while the Lord carried them. The fact is, the anointed, like the eagle, have the ability to rise whenever they wish and with minimal effort by means of spiritual ‘thermals’.
A spiritual ‘thermal’ may be a meaningful bible verse, a prayer of thanksgiving, or a song of praise. It may come with an appreciative benediction or catch you up in a sudden, unplanned gust of doxology. Joy is wonderfully uplifting! So too is speaking in an unknown language – a spiritual gift that enables you to rise above the level of your understanding.
Those who speak in unknown languages know that the gift works at ‘ground level’ – in other words, the speaker doesn’t have to be “up there” in order to use the gift, any more than the eagle has to be “up there” in order to use its wings. An unknown language may at times sound mechanical, uninspired, but only until the anointing flows!
What an uplifting gift! Not speaking until you “feel” the anointing is about as absurd as an eagle waiting for the gust of wind that will sweep it off its feet! True, the eagle flaps its wings at first – much as you move your tongue to get started; but once airborne, the majesty of the bird is seen in the spread of its wings, rather the flap.
Likewise, when you’ve done your part by “waiting” — not passively but actively –on the anointing, the ease with which you will begin to rise in the anointing will be exhilarating! Soon, you’ll be in your supernatural habitat. You’ll ‘ride high’ spiritually during your down-to-earth day! You’ll soon discover where the best spiritual ‘thermals’ are found. Thanksgiving is a good one, as is praise, but worship is best. You’ll find these in the terrain of fellowship, morning devotion, and “rhema” revelations that arise from God’s promises and lift you in praise!
Don’t get in too much of a ‘flap’ – understand that you are anointed, that the anointing “abides” — dwells in you — and that it will ‘carry’ you as you adapt to The Eagle Principle. The easiest way to get started is by raising your eyes to God and expressing to Him what your heart is feeling. New words will follow!
“They shall mount up with wings, as eagles.” (Isaiah 40:31) “Two wings of a great eagle” are yours! (Revelation 12:14) It’s time you were airborne! Decide right now that you will never again wait for a ‘feeling’ before speaking in an unknown language, praising, prophesying, or ministering to the sick.
If you haven’t yet received the Holy Spirit, then ask the Lord to fill you, accept the gift by faith, give thanks, and lift up your heart in praise and expectation. Open your mouth – God will fill it!
MAKE THIS AFFIRMATION:
“Here I am, an anointed child of God.
The anointing abides. I rise in the anointing, and move freely in the Spirit of God.
I move easily in the spiritual realm of miracles and the power of God.
The anointing is part of me, and of my everyday life.
I rise, with eagle’s wings, never to be the same again.
I exalt Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord.
To God be the glory!”
Amen!