Crushing Produces Anointing and this revelation comes from Isaiah 61:3 where the prophet declares that God will give His people beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
This is not poetry alone—it is a prophetic promise for each and every one of us to this very generation.
This verse tells us that when the enemy tries to bury us under ashes, God is already planning beauty.
When mourning tries to suffocate us, God is already releasing oil. When heaviness tries to weigh us down, God is already clothing us in praise.
I want you to know that your pain was not wasted, your struggle was not in vain, and your pressing season has been producing something you could not see at the time.
The theme that God has given me to announce to you is this: “There’s Oil in This Pressing: Crushing Produces Anointing.”
And I came to declare prophetically: “I’ve been pressed, but now I’m oiled up!”
To understand this prophetic word, you must first understand the olive.
The olive looks ordinary hanging on the tree, but inside that olive is oil that can heal, light lamps, and consecrate kings. Yet that oil will never be seen until the olive is pressed.
God has been pressing you in this last season. Some of you felt disappointment, financial struggle, family pain, and even spiritual warfare.
And you thought you were under attack. But can I tell you? You were under process.
The pressing is never easy. It hurts. It confuses. It makes you feel like giving up.
But pressing is the only way to release oil. Without pressing, olives remain bitter and useless. Without pressing, they never become oil.
That sleepless night was pressing. That sudden loss was pressing. That rejection was pressing.
That heartbreak was pressing. But in every press, God was squeezing something powerful out of you.
Don’t despise your pressing. If you were pressed, it means you were carrying oil. Empty vessels don’t get pressed—only oil-carriers do.
The greatest example of pressing is Jesus Himself. Before He went to the Cross, He went into the Garden of Gethsemane.
The word Gethsemane literally means “the oil press.” Isn’t it powerful that before redemption flowed on Calvary, pressing took place in Gethsemane?
Jesus was pressed so intensely that His sweat became like drops of blood. That was not weakness—that was pressing.
The weight of sin, shame, and judgment pressed Him until the oil of salvation began to flow.
Without the pressing in Gethsemane, there would be no victory at Calvary.
Without the crushing in the Garden, there would be no resurrection glory.
Tabernacle, your Gethsemane season—the time when you cried alone, when you asked God if the cup could pass—was not to destroy you. It was to press the anointing out of you.
Crushing is uncomfortable, but it is necessary. You cannot get oil without crushing. You cannot carry anointing without enduring pressure.
The crushing season reveals what’s really inside of you. When life pressed you, what flowed out?
? Some of you discovered a prayer life you never knew you had.
? Some of you discovered faith you didn’t know existed. Some of you discovered worship in the middle of warfare.
The devil thought pressing would break you, but pressing only proved that you were unbreakable.
The enemy thought crushing would silence you, but crushing only gave you a louder voice, because oil flows more freely after it has been pressed out.
I came to tell you this morning that the greater the crushing, the greater the oil.
If the weight felt unbearable, that is because the anointing on your life is unstoppable.
Oil in Scripture always carries purpose. Oil was used to heal wounds, as in the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Oil was used to fuel lamps, as in the story of the virgins in Matthew 25.
Oil was used to anoint prophets, priests, and kings. And oil was used to break yokes, as Isaiah 10:27 declares: “the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
That means the oil God has been pressing out of you is not for display, but for demonstration.
You were not pressed so that you could say you survived. You were pressed so that you could carry power.
The oil from your pressing will heal others who are broken. The oil from your crushing will fuel lamps that are running out of fire.
The oil from your tears will consecrate you for divine assignment. The oil from your warfare will break chains off entire families and communities.
The pressing was not about you alone. It was about everyone who will be healed, restored, delivered, and set free by the oil flowing from your life.
“Your oil has a purpose!”
Joseph was pressed in the pit, pressed in Potiphar’s house, and pressed in prison. But every press produced oil for palace leadership.
David was pressed while hiding in caves, while running from Saul, while carrying the weight of a nation. But every press produced oil that made him Israel’s greatest king.
Esther was pressed through preparation, separation, and confrontation. But her pressing produced oil that saved her people.
Paul was pressed with persecution, shipwrecks, beatings, and imprisonment. Yet his pressing produced oil that wrote two-thirds of the New Testament.
And you, beloved, may be pressed in your own story. But your pressing is producing an anointing that will impact generations after you.
Think about your past seasons. You thought they were endings, but now you see they were beginnings.
That job loss? Pressing. That betrayal by friends? Pressing. That sickness in your body? Pressing.
And though it hurt, it produced oil. Oil for your prayers. Oil for your worship. Oil for your ministry. Oil for your destiny.
Pressing matured you. Pressing humbled you. Pressing prepared you.
Without the pressing, you would not be who you are today. Without the crushing, you would not be carrying what you carry today.
That’s why Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:8–9: “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
In other words, the pressing is real, but the oil is greater. Somebody lift your voice and declare: “My pressing is producing my anointing!”
Tell your neighbor: “I’ve been pressed, but I’m oiled up!” And let the devil hear it loud: “You pressed me, but you couldn’t stop my oil!”
Prophetic Revelation: Heaven’s Word for Now
I hear the Lord saying: “This is the season where your pressing turns into pouring.”
“The oil that was locked inside of you is now being released for the nations.”
“The very thing that pressed you is the proof that I trusted you with oil.”
God says: “Your tears have been bottled, but now they are being turned into oil.”
“Your brokenness is becoming a balm for the broken.” “Your heaviness is becoming a garment of praise.”
“Your ashes are becoming beauty.” Your mourning is becoming dancing.” “Your pressing is becoming power.”
Somebody shout: “It’s my oil season!”
I declare over you tonight that every pressing you endured is now producing overflow.
I declare that every season of mourning is shifting into joy. I declare that every garment of heaviness is being replaced with praise.
I declare that every yoke on your family line is breaking under your oil.
I declare that the anointing on your life is intensifying because of your pressing.
I declare that your prayers will drip with oil, your worship will release oil, your words will carry oil.
I declare that you will not run dry, because the source of your oil is the Spirit of God.
I declare that fresh oil is being poured on your head, even now. I declare that the crushing you thought would kill you has only made you stronger.
Shout it loud: “I am anointed, I am appointed, and I am oiled up!”
You’ve been pressed, but you are not broken. You’ve been crushed, but you are not destroyed.
? You’ve been wounded, but you are still worshipping.
? You’ve been betrayed, but you are still anointed.
? You’ve been tested, but you are still trusted.
Tell somebody: “Don’t mess with me—I’m too oily to be stopped!”
The pressing was the process. The crushing was the preparation. But the oil is the power!
You are stepping out of this season not bitter, but better; not empty, but overflowing; not dry, but dripping.
The oil on your life will heal the sick, set captives free, restore the broken, and ignite revival.
This oil is not ordinary—it is prophetic oil, it is generational oil, it is kingdom oil.
? What pressed you only positioned you.
? What crushed you only commissioned you.
? What tried to bury you only anointed you.
You are walking into your next season with oil dripping off every step.
You are stepping into boardrooms, classrooms, pulpits, and households with oil flowing out of you.
You will lay hands and see miracles because of this oil. You will speak and see chains break because of this oil.
You will worship and see atmospheres shift because of this oil. Don’t curse your pressing—thank God for it, because the pressing is proof that oil was inside you.
Don’t resent your crushing—celebrate it, because the crushing brought the anointing to the surface.
Don’t mourn what you lost—rejoice over what you gained, because the oil is greater than the pain.
Lift up your hands right now and declare: “There’s oil in this pressing!” Say it again: “There’s oil in this pressing!” Now declare: “I’ve been pressed, but now I’m oiled up!”
Say it until it gets in your spirit: “I’ve been pressed, but now I’m oiled up!” The oil of joy is replacing your sorrow.
The oil of gladness is replacing your mourning. The oil of anointing is breaking your yokes.
The oil of revival is coming upon your house. The oil of overflow is coming upon this church.
The oil of breakthrough is flowing in this atmosphere right now. Angels are pouring oil on your head as you lift your hands.
Heaven is declaring: “This is your oil season!” Demons are trembling because of the oil you carry.
Chains are snapping because of the oil you carry. Doors are opening because of the oil you carry.
Nations will be blessed because of the oil you carry. Now give God the loudest, most radical praise you’ve got, because your pressing season has released your oil season—and you can boldly declare: “I’ve been pressed, but now I’m oiled up!”
