Good Morning Sunshine! The Crushing Was Necessary To Get The Oil!

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 CEV ~ “We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up. [9] In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again.”

No one wants to be crushed. But sometimes it’s just a part of life, the season that you are in! Every time God wants to elevate you to a new level, you must go through the crushing process, for this always proceeds to next level of anointing! And you can’t get oil in your life without a disruption, you cannot extract oil from the olive and leave the olive intact, crushing is the only way!

To get the oil, the fruit and the seed has to be crushed by the weight in an olive press. The crushing is what removes the bitterness. Look at what Jesus did for you, He underwent being crushed for your burdens, the weight of your sins, and under the judgment of a holy God all so that He could become the Anointing Oil that would heal you today! The crushing was necessary! In order for you to be fruitful you have to endure both the west winds (heat and hardship) and the east winds (rain and relief) to sweep across you so that you may grow and produce fruit!

The crushing is your processing, it’s necessary! If you try to eat an olive straight from the tree, the bitterness will make you sick! Before you can pick an olive from the tree, it has to go through the process to be useful, just like you must go through a process also! Before the olive is picked off the tree, it must be washed in the rain from the east winds, it has to be broken, it then needs to be soaked and salted and in between each process there is waiting period between the breaking and soaking of 6 weeks, and then salting, (more waiting); it is a long process to be cured of bitterness. (It takes some of a little longer to get rid of everything that is not like God, and this depends on how quickly you are willing to let go and let God)! It is part of the process of being cured! If you are going to escape the bitterness of your human heart and flesh, (Psalm 51:10) it has got to go through the same process of being crushed and cured! The olive had to go through an intense change to become what it was made to be! How much more do you have to go through to be what you were meant to do?

This crushing times are meant to preserve you, to keep you alive, intact, free from danger, damage and decay! I want you to know that this crushing place is not for punishment, it is for placement for the position that God is putting you in; and you cannot afford to be bitter in this place! So, this is the time that you are being soaked in the Word, Worship and Prayer, and I mean really soaked, drenched in His Presence! You see that the Olive needs a hard rain of two to three hours to beat upon it and go all the way down to the roots, through the tree and then into the olive; like I said it’s a process!

Now that, that is over, the Olive can be picked and preserved! And do you know what is the best way to preserve the Olive for long term? You crush it! Crushing is the way of preservation for the olive. It’s also the way to get what’s most valuable, the oil, out of the olive. Keeping this perspective is how you can be hard pressed on every side, but not crushed! Perplexed, but not in despair! Persecuted, but not abandoned! Struck down, but not destroyed! Pressed to the point of being crushed but not crushed and destroyed, did you get that! Now the olive is ready for the oil to be extracted and to be used for service! And so are you, God is extracting the oil out of your life and making you ready to be used for service! For the best way to be preserved is to be pressed. And being pressed can feel like being crushed, but there is a blessing in the pressing process, it takes you to His Presence!

The more God Anoints you, the more severe the crushing and the curing! That is why you have to learn to be content in whatever state that you are in so that you don’t lose your focus. This process that you are learning from right now is not for you, but for you to help someone else. Just know before He exalts you, He’s going to humble you first through the Crushing and Curing Process! And God see’s that you are not listening to Him, He will chastise (Hebrews 12:6) you, by creating an intense crushing process for you to experience. In this process God knows exactly where to cut you and He knows what to cut that you may be fruitful and be able to produce more fruit that will remain! Your fruit has got to remain, (John 15:16)!

As you go through the cutting process, know that when God does the cutting, He makes the incision perfect, so that you can heal properly. Now you are going to feel it, there is going to be some separating, some crying, and sometimes you are going to feel like you are all alone in this process, but I want you to remember that you are right where God wants you and most importantly, you are in God’s Hands! You just need to recognize what stage of the crushing and curing that you are in, so that you can adjust your stance and prepare for your victory. There is a Blessing in the Pressing, so don’t let the Pressure in this Present moment move you out of His Presence! Remember, don’t curse the process, embrace the season, the place that you are in is not for punishment, it’s preparing you for your placement and position that God has Anointed you for, and it’s going to take God’s Oil to flow in you for His Glory!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You. Father, speak to me in whatever way You need to. Father, revive me during this process like only you can, for I know that I need You! Father I never want to take Your gift of prayer lightly, I must always thank You first, because You didn’t have to do it, but You did and I’m so grateful! Father, Thank You for crushing me, breaking me, soaking me, salting me and getting everything out of me and off of me that is not like You! Father, teach me how to be content in whatever state I am in, if I have much or if I have little, I am grateful, because I trust You for the rest! Father, I know that You are in total control and everything that I went through has drawn me into a greater place with You and I love You for it! Father, help me to learn and to do what You planned in each season of my life, so when it’s time, I won’t have a list of regrets of what I have not done, because I want to hear You say, “come on my servant, you have finished well, now get your crown!” Father, I want what You want more than I want the air I breathe! In the Mighty Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean