There’s something God has been pressing into my spirit today with such unmistakable weight that I can’t let it go unsaid. This is not a poetic revelation. Today’s Sunday Session is pretty straightforward compared to most of what we share and my usual writing style. This is a simple, holy warning:
You cannot wear someone else’s anointing and expect not to get burned.
You cannot imitate obedience. You cannot steal oil. You cannot bypass the crushing that produces true power. You cannot fake holiness and think God won’t notice.
People are trying to perform what others have paid for in blood, tears, silence, and surrender. They want the glow and the harvest without the sacrifice. They want the rewards of righteousness without the refinement. And God is not having it.
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs…. (Matthew 23:27)
It’s not enough to look the part. Not enough to talk like you carry oil. If you didn’t submit, it’s not yours to carry. If you didn’t die to your flesh, there is no power in your words—only noise.
This world is full of people trying to shortcut obedience. They think they’re being clever, convincing, even “spiritual”—but what they’re actually doing is serving the devil while wearing God’s name.
And yes—God sees that too.
Trying to serve the devil, worship the devil, and be obedient to the devil—while using obedience to God as a smokescreen—is one of the boldest and most dangerous forms of spiritual perversion there is. And God frowns heavily on that kind of audacity.
It’s not just deception—it’s desecration.
We live in a culture of curated appearances, borrowed convictions, and performative repentance. But in the Kingdom of God, you cannot fake what you didn’t cultivate. The oil comes through submission. Through refinement. Through silence. Through the long obedience in the same direction.
So let’s break this open:
Righteousness is not immunity.
It is not a shield from the consequences of your actions.
It’s not a magic wand.
It’s not a pass.
Righteousness is alignment.
It is humility.
It is accountability.
It is accepting the consequences of what was, while choosing differently with every new breath.
That’s what makes it holy.
And that’s why hope only works when it’s aligned with truth.
Not the lie you’re trying to tell. Not the fantasy you’re trying to sell. But the actual, whole, hard, healing truth.
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:32)
God isn’t asking for perfection. He’s asking for surrender.
He’s asking for people to stop borrowing what doesn’t belong to them, and instead—to go to Him directly. To let Him anoint you in your season. To let Him rebuild you from your own repentance.
Because the Kingdom doesn’t run on borrowed oil. It runs on the kind that costs you something. The kind that comes from obedience, suffering, change, and silence.
And when God finds someone willing to walk that path—He doesn’t just bless them. He builds with them.
So stop pretending. Stop hoping without aligning. Stop using the name of God as a costume for unrepentant hearts.
If you want the anointing—submit.
If you want the blessing—obey.
If you want the oil—let God press you.
Because nothing else will last, and everything false will burn.
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