Psalm 147:1 AMP

We praise God simply because He is worthy of all praise. Yet when we praise Him, not only is it appropriate—it makes us more attractive. Praise attracts the presence of God. Let that thought sink in for a few minutes.

Do you need God to show up? Praise Him! To quote one of Jack Hayford’s notes in the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible: “…wherever God’s people exalt His name, He is ready to manifest His Kingdom’s power in a way most appropriate to the situation.”

Who doesn’t need God’s Kingdom power to show up? As we put our focus on God, He takes care of the things that concern us.

When was the last time you simply started praising God—not at church, but in your home or in your car? Have you ever worshipped Him spontaneously when He alone was your audience? He can be worshipped anywhere and at any time.

Intimate praise with the Father not only makes us attractive to Him, but also to others. You can tell when someone has spent time in the Presence of God. You can sense it in them, and you can see it. They carry His anointing, and the anointing makes us attractive as well. When we are anointed, we are at our best. It is the anointing that allows us to operate in the supernatural.

Consider this account of Moses in Exodus:

“When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, he wasn’t aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the Lord. So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him.”
—Exodus 34:29–30 (NLT)

There is one person I know who has such a glow. He used to live with us, and every morning he would go outside, play his guitar, and sing to the Lord. It was such an act of surrender to God, and when he played for our church, the anointing would simply flow, for it was a byproduct of his personal worship. Interestingly, the two people who stand out in my mind as having this type of anointing were worship leaders. And what do worship leaders do? They worship—hence the correlation and the connection.

No matter your capacity of ministry, true ministry is a byproduct of your relationship with God. Closeness with God brings the anointing, and it is the anointing, as Scripture says, that breaks the yoke:

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
—Isaiah 10:27 (KJV)

So praise makes us attractive to God, which brings His manifest presence onto the scene, where He releases His anointing. His anointing then breaks the yoke of bondage in whatever form it takes.

There is nothing God and His anointing can’t fix, yet anointing comes by spending time with Him. As with any relationship, time spent together yields closeness, and closeness provides access. Access to the King of kings is what we need—and hopefully, what we desire.