The Dangerous Anointing Series

This anointing has been seen throughout his entire life.

In chapter 1, when he refused the king’s pagan food and yet was more healthy then all of the other captives being trained.

Chapter 2, Daniel is the only one who can interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

His entire life has been marked with excellent service to whoever is in charge. That anointing is recognized even by the pagans, and it has two reactions-

The first reaction- Those in charge recognize, set apart and elevate Daniel in the kingdom ahead of unbelievers.

The second reaction- Daniel’s elevation, and the anointing behind it, angers those who do not have it.

What I means for us today- If you have a dangerous anointing, be ready to be hated by some.

No matter how kind you are, no matter how you unselfishly serve others, they will hate you because the darkness within them can’t stand the light within you.

That leads right into our next point-

That calling and it’s anointing elevates Daniel and sets him apart, but it also isolates him.

Let’s focus on the isolation for a moment.

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II. It’s A Lonely Calling

Think about the following people in the bible that carried a Dangerous Anointing-

Moses- One of the richest men on the planet, then loses everything to spend 40 years tending sheep before God calls him

David- most of his teenage years being isolated from his family tending the sheep, and then over a decade on the run from Saul.

Elijah- felt he was the last person in Israel faithful to God.

John the Baptist- lived almost a feral existence in the desert.

Apostle Paul- much of his life was lived in isolation and prison as he spread the Gospel to the Gentiles.

All of these men experienced intense loneliness because of the anointing they carried.

Looking the lives of these men there is another thing that I noticed- they all had a very difficult preparatory time, or time of loneliness to prepare them for the mission God had called them to fulfill.

Let’s apply this to Daniel-

Daniel was about 15 years old when he was taken from his home in Jerusalem. Taken to a kingdom with a culture where everything was offensive to him as an observant Hebrew. Then they castrate him, and put him a training school and try to force him to eat unclean food.

That’s was the beginning of his training.

70 years later- he is still isolated and alone. Daniel’s not one of the boys. He’s not swapping stories over wine with the other government officials. They don’t like him and can’t stand to be around him.

Daniel is a Hebrew exile in a pagan court, a worshiper of Yahweh among idolaters. He is always, always going to be the odd man out- the religious weirdo no one wants to hang out with.

That is a consequence of carrying the Dangerous Anointing.

Maybe this is sounding familiar to some here or listening by podcast- it never seems like you fit in, and it isolates you and makes you think there is something wrong with you.

Jesus spoke about this in John 3:20

Joh 3:20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.