When the Anointing Drops
It does not make a difference to me one way or the other if people fall when I pray for them. It is not a goal of mine. If you fall, I might kneel beside you and keep praying. I may feel like I am done praying for you while you are still standing.
When I was young in ministry I fell into the trap of thinking that people falling was some sort of validation of my anointing. I never pushed people down or anything like that but I certainly did pray till they fell.
Today I teach that the only thing that falling means is that you are no longer standing. period.
But let me tell you, there is something completely awesome when God touches someone and there is nobody touching them. In the last couple months during altar calls people have had the Holy Ghost fall on them and in turn fall to the ground without regard for their safety.
Yesterday I had an altar call for people who felt that God was doing something in them in regards to evangelism. When they got to the altar I told the ministry team not to lay hands because I saw the Holy Ghost wanted to do something all on His own. Then, out of nowhere, people began to drop. Not everyone. Not even half. But enough people were overcome by the Spirit of God that I knew it was a sovereign moment.
I love the anointing that comes upon a minsters life. But I love even greater that Jesus is able to minister all by Himself without my help. He truly is a living God.
