YOUNG & ANOINTED
23rd July, 2026
READ: Genesis 48:8-20
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 2:14
A novice does not understand promotion. A novice thinks that he must be promoted because he is older. It is because you are new in the house of the Lord that you think that age makes you more senior to anyone. The kingdom of God is not run by people who are older, per se. “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues” (1 Corinthians 12:28).
God has His reasons for raising one above the other, as was the case with Ephraim and Manasseh the sons of Joseph:
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 48:14
Joseph himself was thirty years old when he became a prime minister. As a young man, Joseph had ruled over many people who were more experienced and older than he was. Age is not what determines your rank. It is the grace of God and the gift of God that determines who you are in the kingdom.
Jesus was just thirty years old when He became the famed preacher of Galilee, the miracle worker, the healer and the anointed One. You can become great in the kingdom, even though you are a young person. God is ready to use you, no matter your age.
A novice thinks he has to grow older, lose all natural desires and develop grey hair in order to be high-ranking in God’s kingdom. You will be anointed with fresh oil as a young person!













