Anointing I told a story once let me tell it again.
A guy named doctor Tozer studied one day and he had a bit of paper he was stroking and
he said, 'Len I would rather have that bit of paper than a letter from the president
of the United States' and I said, 'Why'? He said it’s from a little black man in Africa
his names is Dumas. D-u-m-a-s. He went into a Baptist church one night and the Lord came
upon him and he got wonderfully saved and when he got to the door the preacher said,
'well nice to see you. Hope you come again'. He said, 'to him is there anything I can do
for you?' And he, 'said yes yes yes sir there is, he said what? He said give me a church.
What did you say? He said, 'give me a church'. I’ve been looking all my life for the thing
I found there at that altar and he said listen I’m a new man. My burdens gone! I felt the
shackles break, I felt the burden go from off my back. I felt something surging and
making me pure and wonderful. I want to tell everybody give me your church to preach. Oh
well have you had much formal education? No. have you been to bible school? No. Well that
was an advantage if you'd only know. and you’ve haven't been to bible school and so finally
the preacher said you just keep coming, but man he said this is wonderful. I heard him
preach about being a new creation, but it happened in my life and I’m a new creature
old things have passed away. You know I don’t have a desire I don’t have a appetite. Everything’s
new. I want God I want God I want God, but the preacher was at least honest, he said
you know I used to be like that, I used to be. You know your very sure your God’s chosen
people and before long your very sure your God's frozen people. The little black man
went out he came back a month later. The preacher was preaching and thinking now who’s that
fellow there yes I know I know yea yea yea I know who he is I think I know who he is
and going out he said I brother how are you he said fine he said I like to ask you a question
and he said go ahead the preacher said. He said would you give me a church. Yet I thought
you were the fellow, only been in church twice and you ask for a church he each time he'd
come. You think I have a pocket full of them or something, and here’s one for you and
one for. He said sir your right I haven’t been here for a month. When you told me at
the door you’d see me again. He said sir I walked up that road outside of the city,
I found a forest I went in the forest I found a path, I found a stream, I found a hole in
the wall, and I put a mark on the wall and I stayed there 21 days and 21 night with my
bible and he said Lord you and I just the two of us were going to have it out. Did I
go out of that door with an assurance I called you to minister or I’d go out and say you
would never get me to preach its one of the two. He said I ate no bread I talked with
nobody, I washed my face in the stream and right in the middle of that 21 days the Holy
Ghost came upon me and the Spirit said, 'I called you to preach and when you lay hands
on the sick, the sick will recover. Go ahead. Are you going to give me a church?'' Well
uh we do have an elders meeting on Wednesday night. If you could come back on Sunday and
the elders discussed it and said you know he is a bit of a freak, you’re not going
to get rid of him. Now we do have a little tin church up at the other side of town, you
know a shack. Why not give it to him he’s only got 5 men there and you know he’s he’s
ignorant and rude and his grammar isn't good and he couldn’t deal with a text very well
he couldn’t treat it; all he could is ill treat it and they wouldn’t want to go hear
him after a few days, after a few weeks. And they will close it down and say you see you
weren't called. Why was Tozer reading this little doggy paper and Tozer he was about
as emotional as a toothpick and he kisses the paper and puts it down and said I’d
rather have that than a letter from the president of the United States. He said at last the
man I’ve heard so much about. I’ve got a letter from him Dumas the man they sent
outside of town the man they thought they would break his heart with five colored people.
Now he has one of the stateliest churches in the city of Durban. I believe after about
1200 people every Lord's day to hear him minister, the little church that sat in judgement from
them is still a little shrunken church (sarcasm). But listen friend, what was it then? Is the
secret that he went a cave for 21 days and said lord in the light of eternity you talk
into this heart of mine and your going to tell me one of two things that either I’m
anointed to preach or I’m not? Did you ever do that preacher? It’s tough. That’s not
the secret as I remembered the story it says that he went into that cave on the 17th of
November and every year more than 15 years in succession when he came to the 17th of
November he kissed his wife and children goodbye. I don’t think he kissed the deacons, but
he said goodbye to the deacons and he went back into that cave and stayed 21 days and
21 nights. Only a few preachers can say amen to that, you’d better not because you didn't
some of you. 21 days to renew his strength. 21 days to renew his vision. 21 days to renew
his anointing. Every year he had new councils from God, new revelations from God, new anointings’
from God. There is no such thing as one filling with the Holy Ghost that’s going to last
you from here to eternity I don’t believe that. You believe that brother Muerrel. No
sir. There are repeated anointings there are times when God will withdraw himself and make
you feel as though your dropping into the nether most hell. He’ll leave you alone
to see if your going to struggle after His anointing or your gonna go on in your own
eloquence and ability. The Lord thy God is a jealous God.