Skip to main content

Featured

God wants to bring is reformation, not revolution

  What we cannot have is a revolutionary spirit coming into the Church. There is a spirit of revolution that says, “Burn it all down.” It says, “Because I was wounded, because I wasn’t ordained, because I don’t understand ecclesiastical structures, or because I don’t like the way things have been done, I’m going to tell everybody that we need to burn it all down.” “We need to get rid of order. We need to get rid of ordination. We need to get rid of preachers. We need to get rid of all of it.” And now we have a spirit of revolution . But what God wants to bring is reformation, not revolution. God is not calling us to tear down the Church. He is calling us to build upon the foundation that has already been laid. And let me say this to the emerging preachers, emerging prophets, and emerging leaders : I want you to hear my heart, because I believe in you. I have been praying for you. The Lord showed me when I was in my early twenties that there would come a time—and I beli...
Post a Comment
Read more

Rivers of Oil: The Flow of Anointing and Prosperity

 



Job 29:6  “When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil.”

Here Job recalls a season of favor when abundance and prosperity flowed freely in his life:

• Butter (curds) = richness, nourishment, fatness (symbol of prosperity and plenty).
• Rivers of oil = overflowing anointing, wealth, and divine blessing.
• Rock pouring oil = supernatural supply from unlikely places, a picture of God’s miraculous provision.

Oil as a Symbol in Scripture
Oil in the Bible carries several overlapping meanings, all tied to flow and prosperity:

• Anointing and the Spirit – Oil represents the presence and empowerment of the Spirit (1 Samuel 16:13).
1 Samuel 16:13  Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 

• Healing and Restoration – Oil was applied for healing (James 5:14).
James 5:14  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 

• Wealth and Abundance – Olive oil was a major product of Israel’s economy; to have “oil” meant prosperity (Deuteronomy 8:8).
Deuteronomy 8:8  A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 

• Joy and Gladness – Called “the oil of gladness” (Psalm 45:7).
Psalm 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

When Job says “rivers of oil,” it combines spiritual and material prosperity, symbolizing unending flow.

Rivers of Oil as Prosperity

The phrase “rivers of oil” reveals several truths about prosperity:

1. Supernatural Flow
– Oil doesn’t usually pour from rocks, but God can make abundance flow from impossible places. 

Just as water came from the rock in Exodus 17:6, Job recalls oil gushing forth from the rock — divine prosperity.
Exodus 17:6  Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

2. Overflowing Anointing
– Not a trickle of oil, but rivers. This is abundance of grace and empowerment. 
Psalm 23:5: “Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”

3. Economic Prosperity
– In ancient Israel, oil was commerce. To have rivers of oil symbolized unstoppable financial flow and wealth. (Deuteronomy 33:24: “Let Asher be blessed with children… and let him dip his foot in oil.”)

4. Sustained Blessing
– Oil keeps lamps burning. Rivers of oil = continuous fuel, continuous supply, continuous prosperity with no end.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts