By THE SPIRIT, Isaiah wrote in chapter 61:
1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”
The Holy Spirit has empowered us: to preach, heal, proclaim, comfort, console, and give. The anointing of THE SPIRIT supersedes man’s mind and body thus the life in THE SPIRIT can and will change both the mind and the body if allowed to do so. In Luke chapter 4, Jesus went to Nazareth and spoke the following:
18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus was then rejected in Nazareth because of their unbelief and men are no different today. They make look at your and my past with the same view as they did Jesus. We are not our past thus we must not allow past failings to dictate our calling and the anointing associated with it. A mature Son or Daughter will not be denied the calling given by FATHER even though the past is full of immature mistakes. We must overcome the past in order to fulfill FATHER’S Divine Intent. Jesus was not moved by the unbelief found among His countrymen in Nazareth but gave them the opportunity to embrace His calling and receive the fullness of the Good News.
Jesus spoke of the “faithless and perverse generation” when the boy oppressed by a demon (epileptic) was not healed by His disciples. The word perverse means: contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice. Jesus proclaimed the manifested Divine Intent of FATHER for all to hear. This proclamation has not been revoked but remains in effect for the mature Sons and Daughters to fulfill this very day. We must set aside any question and build up our faith based on Love. We should expect FATHER’S Divine Intent to flow through us just as it did for our Elder Brother. We are to preach the Good News to all who are willing to receive it. Yes, some will reject it just as they did in Nazareth but that did not stop Jesus from spreading the Gospel. It should not stop us either.