Where Does Your Anointing Come From?
Every believer is gifted. But only those who surrender are anointed. The question is—where are you drawing from?
I was reading Psalm 90, attributed to Moses, and wondered, where did Moses get this sense of urgency? How was he given such a powerful anointing?
I remember once telling an older brother in Christ, “I want to be used by God.”
He smirked and corrected me: “No, no, no—you are anointed by God.”
That landed in my spirit. It matched the sense of urgency God has planted in me. Now I say the same: I am anointed.
You may not want an anointing like Moses had to free a nation, but if you belong to Jesus, you carry a God-given anointing too. The question is: will you depend on Him enough to walk in it?
The anointing fills proportionally to dependence.
So what can Moses teach us about this?
Gifting and Anointing
Anointing is the supernatural empowerment of the Holy Spirit that makes gifts effective for God’s purposes. Gifting is the natural and spiritual ability God gives a person.
Moses was gifted as a leader, but it took decades before God anointed him to free His people.
Stage One: Preservation and Identity
Moses’ life began with miraculous preservation. His mother—risking everything—placed him in a basket on the Nile, and he was found by Pharaoh’s daughter. Instead of death, like so many Hebrew baby boys, he was raised in a palace. In another miracle, his mother was chosen to nurse him (Exodus 2:1–10; Hebrews 11:23).
Those early years matter. His identity was rooted in stories of Yahweh before he was handed fully to Egypt. Seeds of faith were planted in him through his mother’s voice. (Shoutout to all you incredible moms!)
Stage Two: Education and Misfire
Acts 7:22 tells us Moses was “instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in words and deeds.” His mind was sharpened, but his roots in Yahweh remained shallow.
At age 40, he tried to defend his people in his strength and killed an Egyptian (Exodus 2:11–12; Acts 7:23–25). His desire was right. His method was wrong. Flesh, not Spirit.
Stage Three: Wilderness Humbling
God sent Moses into obscurity—forty years as a shepherd. The prince became a keeper of sheep.
This stripping was mercy. Moses lost his title and his power, but he also lost his pride and self-reliance. Numbers 12:3 later calls him “very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.” That meekness wasn’t born in Egypt. It was forged in the desert.
Stage Four: Anointing at the Bush
Then God showed up—in a bush (Exodus 3). Not a cedar of Lebanon, not a mountaintop thunderstorm, but a lowly thornbush set on fire. Why? Because God’s fire rests in weakness without consuming it (2 Corinthians 4:7–9).
Moses resisted the call at first. That hesitation wasn’t cowardice—it was evidence that self-confidence had finally died. Into that humility God spoke: “I will be with you” (Exodus 3:12).
His urgency and power flowed from dependence. His anointing rested not on natural strength but on surrendered weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Where Does That Leave Us?
So where do you get your strength?
What is the source of your urgency?
Are you looking in the mirror too much, or are you fixing your eyes on Jesus?
Is your urgency tied to lifestyle and bank account, or is it anchored in the One who owns the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10)?
Never Finished Challenge: Number Your Days
Today is my late mother’s birthday. Almost twenty-six years ago she did her ordinary walk outside, worship music in her ears, refueling to shepherd her seven children well. On that day, a tree limb fell and her life ended instantly.
Psalm 90 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
So I challenge you to reflect:
Where do you get your strength?
What is the source of your urgency?
Are you looking in the mirror too much?
After reflecting, ask God to establish the work of your hands. Moses asked twice—because repetition in Hebrew moves a request from important to urgent fire (Psalm 90:17).
Establish the Work of My Hands (Prayer for You)
Lord, let Your favor rest on me.
Establish the work of my hands.
Yes, Lord—establish it.
Make it last, make it count, make it Yours.
What I build in my strength will fade,
but what You breathe on will stand forever.
I run, I write, I lead, I father—
not for me, but for You.
So establish the work of my hands, O God.
What Does Today Say About God?
Creator.
Today reminds me of His intentionality. No DNA strand is the same. Every person is wired differently.
He has gifted us all. What we need now is for the Creator to anoint us.
Father, create in me a pure heart.
What a Creator,
What a King,
What a Friend,
What a Father.
Thank You, Jesus.
Thank You Jesus 😎🙏💕🎶🧨🩸♥️