IMPARTATION
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had
laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him,
and did as the LORD commanded Moses. Deuteronomy 34:9
Wisdom can be taught by instruction and caught by impartation. There is a
time someone teaches you wisdom, and there is a time you have to catch
wisdom. The reason is that wisdom is not just natural or mental - wisdom is
spiritual. There is a spirit of wisdom that is transferable. It is the transfer of
the spirit of wisdom that is called the impartation of wisdom. You may
struggle with instruction but you succeed with impartation. The impartation
of wisdom was the secret of Joshua. It was also the secret of the Apostles.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
...A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his
face shall be changed. Ecclesiastes 8:1
The disciples got boldness by being with Jesus. Wisdom gives
boldness; and they got it by being with Jesus. The disciples were
imparted with wisdom by hanging around with Jesus.
The impartation of wisdom was also the secret of Timothy.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in
thee by the putting on of my hands. 2Timothy 1:6
The hand is like an electric cable. It is like a connection that transfers
something from my heart into the heart of the other person, and from
my spirit into the spirit of the other person. By that impartation,
something is transferred. That is how it is with every other grace.
Paul was saying to Timothy, “Something was transferred to you Timothy,
by the laying on of my hands. Ensure you stir it up.” And I tell you today
that one of those things that was transferred to Timothy was wisdom.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind. – 2 Timothy 1:7
From the above, it is clear that soundness of mind can be imparted.
Hands can be laid on you for your head to be correct. When the mind is
not sound, it means it does not reason well.
RESULTS OF IMPARTATION
Below are the results of the impartation of wisdom.
1. The impartation of wisdom releases the spirit of wisdom.
The release of the spirit of wisdom connects the spirit of man with the
Spirit of God to receive direct wisdom from God.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding. Job 32:8
When the spirit of wisdom is imparted to you, you begin to connect to
the way God thinks. The Bible says, God brought animals for Adam to
name and whatever Adam called them, those were the names thereof.
In other words, what God would have called the animals, those were the
names Adam called them. He worked in the same mentality with God.
His mind was connected to the mind of God.
When you receive the impartation of wisdom, you begin to do what God
expects you to do.
2. Impartation produces soundness of mind.
When you receive an impartation of wisdom, you begin to operate with optimal
mentality, high frequency mentality, a mind in the topmost working condition.
3. Impartation brings a release of intelligence.
That spirit was in Daniel. It was the spirit of excellence. In Daniel 5:11, the spirit
of wisdom that was at work in Daniel produced intelligence and excellence. He
was ten times better than his colleagues were (Daniel 1:20). That means when
the impartation of wisdom comes upon you, you reason at a higher level.
4. Impartation of wisdom brings empowerment of the will.
An impartation of wisdom empowers your will to make the right
decision. You will be able to make the right decision boldly.
5. Impartation brings quickness of understanding and easy
comprehension. Isaiah 11:1-3 says,
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall
grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him...And
shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD...”
It all begins with the spirit of wisdom. As a result of the spirit of wisdom,
knowledge, counsel, might, understanding and the fear of the Lord, follow. And
then, it shall make him of quick understanding.
I prophesy to you that nothing can confuse you under heaven after
you have gone through this book.
There is no document that you will ever read without understanding all
the days of your life.
There is no material or presentation that you will ever look into
without understanding it.
The last time you failed an examination is the last time forever.
The last time you failed an interview shall be the last forever.
RECEIVING IMPARTATION
1. Desire
Joshua desired so much to experience what Moses carried.
Every impartation comes by desire. When you see an anointing you
like, you desire it and become desperate for it. You can say, “Lord, I
need this kind of an anointing. Lord, I need this kind of grace.”
In Exodus 33:11, Joshua refused to leave the tabernacle. He was very
desperate until he got it. The Bible says,
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua,
the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
2. Submission
Everything flows from up to down. When you submit to higher grace,
you contact that grace. If you position yourself with submission, what a
man carries can flow into your life. Confirm that you do not know and
that you want to know.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down
upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his
garments; Psalms 133:1-2
You need submission!
No proud person is a candidate for impartation. The day your pastor becomes
your friend, everything inside him ceases to profit you. How can you see
someone who is meant to be your mentor and you call him your friend? Jesus
called His disciples friends, but they could not call Him friend. In other words,
He was friendly with them and that helped them to relax. But if they
wanted what He carried, they had to bow for it. If the golden cup must
take water from the tap, it must bow for the tap. Friendship, most
times, implies relationship on the same level.
Whenever you come to the point of over-familiarity, you are disconnected from
impartation. Have you never heard a new person in a church say, “I just came
but when I heard a prophetic word, I received it and everything changed in my
life”? Meanwhile, someone else has been there for a long time wondering why
nothing has happened to his or her life. Probably, he has become too used to
church. They say, “I have heard this kind of message before. I have heard this
kind of prophecy before.” But the other person heard it for the first time and he
received it with all his heart and everything changed. It happened by submission.
3. Connection to instruction
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me... Ezekiel 2:2
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
Anytime you connect with the words of a person, you connect with the spirit of
that person. If a person plays and listens to a particular preacher’s message
constantly - morning, afternoon and night - after a short time, the Spirit of God
in the speaker will jump into the hearer. It happens in reading materials too.
4. Association
When you hang around in a certain environment, after a while,
anything in that environment will jump into you. That is why, as people
keep attending church for a long time, they no longer feel the sickness
that used to trail them. It disappears.
In the first Book of Samuel 10:7, Saul went down to the garrison of the
Philistines; and the Spirit of God in that environment came upon him and
he began to prophesy. That is why you should beware whom you hang
around with. The spirit of people can enter people. Spirits are transferrable
(2Kings 2:15). If you hang around a thief for a while, you become a thief. If
you hang around a liar for a while, you will become a liar. If you hang
around an immoral person for a while, you will be infected with the spirit
that person carries. You receive that impartation by association.
5. Transmission
By transmission, I mean the laying on of hands. Any time you have an
opportunity for an anointed person to lay hands on you or to give you a mantle
or handkerchief, never take it for granted for the rest of your life. Only one
mantle that fell from Elijah to Elisha, just one cloth, a waistcloth, and
he went before River Jordan, called the God of Elijah and the river
was parted into two. Handkerchiefs that left the body of Paul the
Apostle cast out devils (Acts 19:12-13).
A man with the spirit of wisdom can lay his hands on somebody else
and that wisdom is released. Joshua was filled with the spirit of
wisdom because Moses had laid his hands upon him (Deuteronomy
34:9).
Proceed in the fullness of the blessing of all that you have
received. And may you rise up to the realm of supernatural living
through the wisdom of God, in Jesus’ Name.
