Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you,... — Acts 2:22

Jesus, fully God, lived as a man anointed with the Holy Ghost and power.  He was approved of God.  God showed His approval of Jesus’ life by performing miracles, wonders, and signs through Him.  This is God’s method of operation:  placing His Holy Ghost, His supernatural power, on a man, to do supernatural works.  Jesus did the works, but He did them because of the supernatural equipment on His life-–the anointing.  It was God and man working together to get mankind free and to further God’s kingdom of freedom and deliverance.  Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Cor. 3:17)!  The Spirit of the Lord is omnipresent–-He is everywhere; yet we do not see liberty everywhere. This is because only where the Spirit is allowed to be Lord, is where there is liberty.  Every time the Spirit of God is given access, the anointing of God will remove burdens and destroy yokes.  The Holy Spirit must be given the right to have His way in the church, in your ministry, and in your daily life.  You, too, are a man or woman who can be approved of God with miracles, signs, and wonders because of the anointing upon you.  Become a co-laborer with God and watch His power and Spirit manifest in your life!  God will do it by you.

...the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

— John 14:12b

As we read in the gospels about the mighty works that Jesus did–-the signs, wonders, and miracles–-we are all awestruck by His power and ability.  We see the gospel preached with power, the blind able to see, the deaf now hearing, the lame walking, and the lunatics set free.  What a powerful display of supernatural ability!  What an advancement for the Kingdom of God!  What a decline in Satanic rule in the lives of mankind!  What a man of faith and power Jesus is!  Then He drops a bombshell on us.  He declares that the same works He did, we can now do, and even greater works than He did, we can do!  Is this a misprint?  Did Jesus lose His mind?  No, He just knew how powerful the Spirit and anointing can be on anyone’s life.  He had more faith and confidence in the power of God than in the works of the devil.  He believed that men would learn to cooperate with that power and ability to do His work...and “even greater works.”  All this would take place, not if Jesus stayed here among us, but if He went away to the Father.  Why?  Because when He went to the Father, He received of the Father the Holy Ghost, and shed Him forth on all flesh (Acts 2:33).  The same ability which Jesus cooperated with is the same ability you have and with which you can learn to cooperate.  The results will not only be the same works, but greater works.

Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; — 2 Corinthians 1:21

God not only chose to anoint Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power (Acts 10:38), but also has anointed you.  It is a privilege to be anointed by God and given the ability to do the works of the Kingdom.  Most Christians see themselves as powerless, weak, and victims, waiting for God to step in and do something in their life.  They look to heaven for help in their jobs and family and social life.  They cry out for God to intervene in their marriages, circumstances, and situations.  But God has given you all the help that you need:  The Anointing!  He has enabled and empowered you to blow any problem out of your life.  Sickness is no match for the anointing.  Lack is no match for the anointing.  Depression is no match, and demons themselves have no chance against the power of God in your life.  You need to magnify the anointing which you have of God, rather than your problems.  Magnify the power He has given you instead of the troubles in your life.  Talk about and think about this wonderful ability He has put upon your life rather than talking about and worrying about what the devil is doing.  Whatever you meditate on and talk about will manifest in your life!  Trouble or power!  Evil work or divine intervention!  You have been anointed by God!  It is enough to keep you on top.

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; — Acts 5:12a

What a marvelous idea God had-–to equip mankind with His anointing and power.  God chose to take His own power and ability and put it on man so man could yield to and cooperate with it to live in total victory.  Here we see the apostles doing many signs, wonders, and miracles.  They did them through the anointing that was in their hands.  They believed in the anointing which God had given to them.  They believed that the Holy Spirit’s power was in and on their physical body. They knew their hands had been anointed by God and through them would flow His power!  You have the anointing in your hands, in your eyes, in your words, in and on your physical body.  Jesus used His hands to minister the power of God into people’s lives.  He knew He could transfer and release the power of God to others through His body.  People took aprons from Paul, full of his sweat, and people were healed by the anointing.  Peter and John looked at the crippled man at the gate and commanded him to rise up and he did.  Peter’s shadow was healing people because of the presence of the anointing on his life.  You too can become an outlet, a distribution center, for God’s power.  Your hands are anointed, your body is a weapon for God.  You have the ability – now put your faith in that ability.