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We have practiced and perfected the art of entertaining man, but along the way we have lost the art of entertaining God. We've already talked about the weeping zone, that place of priestly intercession between the court of man and the altar of God where we reach toward God with one hand and reach toward man with the other. Sometimes we get so involved in attracting man to our outstretched hand that we lose the desire and the ability to attract God with the other. When you can pull men toward you but you can't get God to come close anymore, the temptation is to keep promising Him though you can't deliver Him. 
Time and again we gather large crowds of people under a plastic banner that proclaims, "Revival!" Then we become like some perpetual late night IV co-host of the church scene, saying, "Here's God!" With practiced voice inflection and hand flourishes we invite and announce Him only we have no place for Him to sit. In our drive to please men we forgot to please God. There's no mercy seat! 
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So He never really quite shows up. He just peeps out from behind the curtains (or the lattice, as Solomon said), releasing just enough of His anointing to let you know He's there, but not enough to have a Damascus Road encounter that utterly changes you. 

part of the problem is our habit of misusing terminology to artificially raise the expectations of people. We perpetually over-promise and under-produce. As I said before, if someone says, "The glory of God is here" from an upright position, you have my permission to question the validity of the comment. We are guilty of hyping trickles into torrents—but only in our vain imaginations. When people from the world walk in, they say, "It's nice in here. It feels peaceful. Good, it is God. There's no doubt about it, it's God. ..but how much of God?' And then they walk out. 

We promise God's glory, but often at best we give a limited measure of God's anointing. God's anointing was never meant to satisfy the hunger of our souls. The anointing and the gifts empowered by it are simply tools to assist, enable, encourage, and point us back to their Source. Only God Himself can satisfy the hunger He placed within us. His hand can supply our needs, but only His face can satisfy our deepest longings. 
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As we look upon His face, we are brought into union with our destiny, and we enjoy the favor of His loving gaze and the incomparable kiss of His lips. 

There is a big difference between encountering the anointing of God and encountering His glory. I'm not really interested in the anointing anymore—not when it is compared to the glory of His manifest presence. I say that because it is the only way I know to help people understand the dramatic difference between the anointing and the glory of God.
The anointing of God in all its various forms has a valid purpose in His plans and purposes. The problem is that we have become so addicted to the way the anointing makes us feel that we've turned our eyes and hearts away from the glory of God's face to get more of the anointing in His hands. The anointing empowers our flesh, and it makes us feel good. That is why the Church is Jilted with "anointingjunkies" on both sides of the pulpit Most (but not all) the antics in our services that draw fire from the world and various segments of the Church can be traced to this odd addiction. 
If you don't believe me, ask yourself why people will trample one another to get a "hot spot" in the prayer line at major conferences. 
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Explain to me why born-again Christians will lie, scheme, and break every rule in the book to get the "best seats" in the convention hall when "Hot Evangelist What's His Name" comes to town? Honestly, there are a lot of nationally known preachers who have fan clubs nowadays. They don't call them fan clubs, of course, because that would be embarrassing, but it is true nonetheless. This is typical behavior when preachers and their fans become addicted to the power of the anointing.</center>