TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (WEDNESDAY 29TH July 2026)
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand.
“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. Matthew 24:23-28 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 210TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF STRATEGIC VICTORIES!
Today we will be looking at the Anointing of the Presence of the LORD. There can be no strategic victories without the Anointing that comes from the Presence of the LORD. There can be no life without this anointing. In the days of the Bible, it is sometimes expressed as the angel of His presence.
If things are bad with us, if finances are not forthcoming, if diseases are ravaging, death threatening, misery accompanying, tears unending, suffering in abundance and life itself not worth living, it is because the anointing of the Presence of the LORD is not functional in that people’s lives.
This life was not designed to be lived without the anointing that comes from the presence of the LORD, without the power of the Angel of His presence.
That is the anointing that cheaply neutralize evil spirits that make life difficult. It cheaply neutralizes, curses or spells from witches and wizards, it makes what they call evil altars nothing to even talk about. It makes sure there is no enchantment against us, or divination against God’s people. It will withstand sorcerers, witches and wizards the way it withstood Balaam and Balak in Bible days.
The Bible says:
“For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’ Numbers 23:23 NKJV
If you carry the anointing of His presence, there will be no sorcery that will work against you. No divination will work against you and no enchantments will function. That is the protective hedge you will come into if the anointing of the Presence of the LORD rests upon you. It will place you in a realm where you cannot be cursed.
BALAAM SAID TO BALAK, “HOW CAN I CURSE WHOM GOD HAS BLESSED.”
When the anointing of His presence sits on your life, you become one that God has blessed. No one can curse who God has blessed. Once you are blessed with the anointing, no one can curse you. What they say will either return to them, or it will be rendered none and void. That is why if God want to fill your life with good, He will ask you to become a person of His presence.
When you become a person of His presence, one who is always in His presence, the anointing will rest on you, bringing His good intentions in your life to pass. It is the anointing that brings His good words for our lives to pass. That is why no matter what may have been spoken over you, if you do not carry the anointing of His presence, it will never come to pass.
This morning God is saying to you desire the anointing of His presence above all things. Hunger for it, fast for it, study to know it, push into His presence until it rest upon you and do not allow the flesh to eliminate its functionality in your life, like it did in the lives of men like Samson and the rest.
Jesus said, “the thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, but I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.” That is what the anointing of His presence gives us, abundant life.
Yes, abundant life; a life that is full of peace, regardless of what might be happening, a life that progresses against all odds, a life that cannot be paralyzed by the evil one, a life that literally prevail against it. We can call it a victorious life.
A major highlight in our devotional text says,
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand.
We are living right in the days of the fulfillment of this prophecy. Actually, there is a way this prophecy has been fulfilled in the life of men and women of every generation because deception is Satan’s greatest tool.
ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THIS DECEPTION ARE PEOPLE WITH NO ANOINTING OF HIS PRESENCE.
If you do not carry the anointing of His presence, the consequences will result in spiritual, financial or health problems that will be pushing you here and there, resulting in one running after prophets or acclaimed anointed ones.
They will say to you, “here is the christ” and you will run there because a demon that should not have been on your case is making life unbearable for you. You will be running after so-called prophets asking them to prophesy. You will become a victim of the many false christs we have today.
Friend, God does not want any of us to be victims of deception. He wants us to be anointed with the anointing of His presence so that we will not be deceived. The anointing of His presence does not just give us peace, progress, prosperity, joy, freedom, health and protection, it also teaches.
Yes, it teaches us to bring us to the realm of knowing. It helps us know, thereby guarding our hearts against all forms of deception. It is my prayer that you desire this anointing and begin to pursue it against all odds. Amen. The Bible says, “blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6) If you hunger and thirst for it, your life shall be filled with it. That is the rule!!
As we bring this to a close, understand that the anointing of His presence is not something that can be put in a bottle, it is something that can only be put in your life. It does not come from a man of God; it comes from time in God’s presence.
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY;
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?” Psalm 42:1-2
