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| Rev. G. K. Nwatu |
“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[a] Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.-Mark 6:1-6 New International Version (NIV)
To
show respect to a thing or to a person is to “hold that thing/person in a very high and special regard” in sight
and out of sight. Our anchor text shows us how over-familiarity can weaken the potency of an anointing.
The
natives of Jesus’ town missed their day of divine visitation because of their
show of lack of respect and over-familiarity to Jesus. Consequently, Jesus “could
not do any miracles there, except
lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their
lack of faith….” (Mark 6:5, 6; NIV)
“Over
familiarity”, they say, “breeds contempt”. When we become over-familiar with a
man God has sent to us we will begin to lose our respect and reverence for him.
When this happens, we will never receive any blessing from him again no matter
the kind of fire he radiates. This accounts to why ‘new comers’ tend to get
miracles in a service than some older members of that church.
The
fact in life is that: “What you do not value, you will not respect, and what
you do not value and respect, you will not enjoy. Proper ‘respect’ to an anointing
makes the anointing result oriented. In the words of Bishop David Oyedepo, “The
anointing you do not respect cannot work for you”.
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