The Anointing of the Prophetkind of singing sometimes.)
Other things affect the anointing as well. Often the spirit of
the prophet will begin to move on me and something kills it. I
think it's because of the environment, or maybe because of
certain people present.
After all, Elisha said, "If it weren't for Jehoshaphat, I
wouldn't look your way, as far as you other two kings are
concerned." And because they were present in their backslidden
condition, Elisha needed a little help.
"Bring me a minstrel...," he said.
The Hand of the Lord
Again and again in the Old Testament we see references to
"the hand of the Lord." Actually it is the Spirit of God—the
anointing. Other terms commonly used are "Spirit," "double
portion of thy Spirit," and "mantle." They're all referring to the
Holy Spirit or the anointing of God.
EZEKIEL 8:1
1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the
fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of
Judah sat before me, that THE HAND OF THE LORD FELL
there upon me.
The call of God already was upon Ezekiel—the hand of God
was upon him to minister potentially—but his prophetic ministry
wasn't in manifestation until the hand of the Lord fell upon him.
(The Bible also speaks about the Holy Spirit "falling,"
doesn't it? In Acts 10:44, Peter was preaching in Cornelius'
household, and "While Peter yet spake these words, THE HOLY
GHOST FELL on all them which heard the word." ) We see the
expression "hand of the Lord" used again in the 37th and 40th
chapters of Ezekiel:
EZEKIEL 37:1
1 THE HAND OF THE LORD was upon me, and carried me out
in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the
valley which was full of bones.... [Ezekiel had a vision of what we
call the valley of dry bones.]