Anointed to Preach Deliverance

Luke 4:18:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Often, we think of Jesus being anointed to destroy yokes that bind people, and that is part of the truth.  The part we sometimes miss is the fact that He was anointed to preach deliverance, preach the gospel to the poor, preach recovering of sight to the blind and preach the acceptable year of the Lord.  In other words, He was not just anointed to give the blind their sight – He was anointed to preach recovery of sight to the blind, which is a completely different matter.  He was anointed to preach to men what they could have in God’s kingdom so that they could believe it for themselves.

Many times, we major on the “power” at work in a healing minister’s meetings, but God has also anointed men to preach healing – the universal availability of it.  There is an anointing to do this, and every minister should endeavor to flow in the anointing while preaching the Word rather than just preaching out of his head.  In Peter’s terms, we should preach the gospel with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven (1 Peter 1:12).  We are anointed with the same Holy Spirit who did miracles through Jesus.

As mentioned elsewhere, some people will not get healed because they want the bondages to be broken off of them by the anointing without any effort on their part to receive the message that tells them that healing is theirs to receive.  They fail to realize that there is an anointing on God’s Word that could get them free if they would hear it.  “He sent His Word and healed them” (Psalm 107:17-20).

Let’s expect the Holy Spirit’s help not only in doing miracles but also in proclaiming the truth boldly so that men will understand it, believe it, act on it, and get healed.  If people get healed through special manifestations of the Spirit working through you, they will be healed only when you’re around.  When they hear and believe the gospel of their deliverance that you preach to them, they will be able to get healed when you’re not around.  When you preach the Word to them, instead of just giving them a fish, you are teaching them to fish for themselves.