David Diga Hernandez - How to Release the Anointing in Your Life

All of us have the power of the Holy Spirit. 1 John 2:27, Romans 8:9, and Ephesians 1 and 2 make it clear that the Holy Spirit dwells within every believer. However, not all of us live in a way that allows us to access that power. When I speak about growing in levels of the anointing, I’m not referring to receiving more of God’s power—you can’t do that, as all of His power is already in you. Instead, I’m speaking about greater levels of surrender. It’s not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit; it’s about the Holy Spirit getting more of you.

Exodus 30: «Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Collect choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of myrrh, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant calamus, and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also, get one gallon of olive oil. Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil. Use this sacred oil to anoint the tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the wash basin with its stem. Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy; after this, whatever touches them will become holy.’»

Number one: If you want to walk in God’s power and desire God to use your life, you must walk in purity. The enemy is destroying tomorrow’s anointing with today’s private sin. The enemy is taking out tomorrow’s public voices with today’s secret sin. It takes time for sin to affect your life. I heard someone say—I wish I had thought of it—that we wouldn’t sin if the consequences were paid immediately. When I read that, I thought, «That’s so true,» because we can be so short-sighted. Ephesians 5:1-4 says, «Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.»

When laying the foundation of our ministry, we studied many great leaders who had gone before us. One of those, of course, was the evangelist who impacted the world in ways I can’t think of anyone else impacting in modern times: Billy Graham. What an incredible vessel of God, impacting not just a nation but nations! Now, having national influence and worldwide influence doesn’t mean that you’re booked in different countries to preach. It means that when you speak, it shifts the course of nations. I have seen it done right. Look, I’m preaching here, here, and here—God gave me the nations! Well, not yet, because there’s a certain authority that comes first.

We studied the ministry of Billy Graham. Our ministry team sat down and held discussions, and Graham’s team actually discovered, after examining several other ministries, three primary areas where people found themselves the most compromised. Number one, they identified sexual sin as an issue. Number two, they identified power. And number three, they identified greed. So, just like Billy Graham’s ministry did, we modeled certain protocols in our ministry to keep us safe from these issues. One of them, regarding the sexual front, is that we travel in pairs. Jesus sent them out two by two, so we go two by two. My team knows: two men, two beds, one room. If we’re traveling with a woman, she gets her own room. There are no men with women unless they are married.

Now, that may sound old school and outdated, but truth does not change. You have to learn to protect yourself not just from temptation—that’s not good enough these days. You can’t merely protect yourself from temptation anymore; you have to protect yourself from accusation too. This is why you have to live above reproach. The moment someone accuses me of something or someone on my team of something, we can say, «No way! That never happened. We were never alone at any point during the trip.» Therefore, these certain protocols are implemented in terms of finances and power; we have given power to the board for accountability. These are things you need to start thinking about now because it is indeed today’s private sin that destroys tomorrow’s public ministry.

There is a measure of power, yes, that you can walk in. We discussed this moment ago. As a hypocrite, you can have power. I’ve seen it, and I distance myself when I start to see hypocrisy in ministries. I want nothing to do with it—I will not associate with it. Sadly, as the years go by, you start to see that not everyone is who they say they are. Don’t let that be you. Do not become the one that people talk about that way. There has to be purity, and if there is going to be purity, there must be boundaries—there must be rules. You need to think about the fact that Jesus went into the desert prepared. Temptation is not an event; it’s a process. It’s not at the moment that you fall that you fell; it was all the compromises leading up to that moment that ultimately prepared you for the fall.

Purity equals power. The power of God upon your life is directly proportionate to the purity within your life. Purity matters—not just gifting, not just charisma, but also character.