One of the Key Signs You Received a Life-Altering Impartation
Even now, I encourage you to come before the Lord and ask Him to reveal significant moments in your life where you received an impartation. There are kingdom leaders who have incredible teaching on the power of impartation. Most notably, I think of Randy Clark, president of Global Awakening Ministries. For more resources on this topic, I encourage you to look into his ministry and others like it.
Please do not over mystify or hyperspiritualize impartation. Charismatic Christianity has often turned it into some type of “super-sized” anointing type of experience. It’s not. Impartation has nothing to do with receiving another anointing or the upgraded Holy Spirit. It is a blessing—a grace of power that is released into your life that is tailored specifically for you. For your calling, your ministry, your purpose, your destiny. It is a significant way that God uses the body of Christ to edify and build up one another to ultimately accomplish His kingdom work. Impartation is for you, but it is not about you—it’s about you becoming more effective in seeing His glory cover the earth.
Research some of the major leaders in the body of Christ. Many will have impartation stories that defined their lives and ministries. I think of Reinhard Bonnke and the impartation he received from British evangelist George Jeffreys. Leadership expert John C. Maxwell recounts a powerful impartation he received from E. Stanley Jones. I think of Brownsville Revival evangelist Steve Hill and the impartation he received from being exposed to the powerful Argentine revival through leaders like Carlos Annacondia.
One of the key signs that you received a life-changing impartation from God, even if no one laid hands upon you, is the unusualness of the experience. I cannot think of a better word than that. Only you will be able to recognize the significance. It does not have to be a dramatic moment. We should never assume a destiny-defining moment has to be dramatic; however, it will always be significant to you.
During my impartation, others were experiencing the same presence of God. However, I knew what was taking place was significant. Looking back now, I recognize the significance even more.
You can be experiencing waves of God’s presence crashing over you or you can be sitting under teaching on a certain subject—and something ignites within you. You can have a leader lay hands on you and pray or you could be sitting in your prayer closest reading a passage of Scripture—and suddenly your heart starts to burn. The reality you just read about grips you unlike anything you have ever experienced before. It could just be one verse—one truth that sets the course of your life. You cannot manufacture these moments; they are supernatural and sovereign. Like with Jacob, they can be so significant and so deeply spiritual, your mind may not even register what is going on.
But something undeniably happened. And your life will never be the same again!
Larry Sparks is the author of Breakthrough Healing (Destiny Image, 2014). He is a conference speaker, blogger, columnist and host of the weekly radio program Voice of Destiny (www.thevoiceofdestiny.org). Featured in Charisma magazine and on CBN’s Spiritual Gifts webcast, Larry is also founder of Equip Culture—a ministry that equips believers with the tools and resources to live victoriously through the supernatural power of God. Subscribe to his blog at www.lawrencesparks.com. Follow him on Twitter @LarryVSparks.
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