“And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country” – Luke 4:24(KJV)
It is true that familiarity breeds contempt. Many people due to their closeness with men of God take for granted the anointing that works in him. Most times people come from far places and receive their miracle, while those who seat and dine with God’s anointed servants end up not benefiting from the hand of God upon his life. They take for granted what is operating in his life and as such miss out in applying faith to receive from God through His instrument among men. The same apply in our today’s bible reading. “And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? (KJV) To them he is Joseph son but to others like the madman Gaderene he is the deliverer, who delivered him from madness, to the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus was the mighty prophet who told her all she did, to blind Barthemeus, Jesus is the healer who healed him of his blindness. What is he to you, just one of the prophets or a savior? Don’t get too familiar to despise the anointing upon your pastor or spiritual leader. Many, was seeing the man in Jesus Christ. Those who saw the God in him benefited immensely from his earthly ministry. How do you see Jesus Christ? You cannot get from Christ beyond your perception of him. So also you cannot be a beneficiary of the anointing of the man of God you despise.
Prayer: Father, give me the grace to honour and reverence the anointing upon your prophet that I am under his ministry. In Jesus Name.
Bro Joel Ezeugo