The Importance of Our Being Able to Impart
by Wade E. Taylor

“And I, having come unto you, brethren, came – not in superiority of discourse
or wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God, for I decided not to know any
thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified; and I, in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you.

“And my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom,
but in demonstration of the spirit and of power, that your faith may not be I the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”---1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Young’s Translation

To be “anointed” and to have the ability to “impart” are different, but they work together.

To be “anointed” means that a divine enabling rests upon my life. Whatever I do or say, I will
do or say it better, according to the level of anointing that I have attained to.

“Impartation” means that what I am doing or saying, under the anointing, will both impact and spiritually affect, a life. “Divine Substance” will be imparted into the spirit of the one hearing and receiving. “Impartation” takes the anointed “word” beyond mental understanding, and deposits it within our spirit.

A Christian who ha this ability to “impart” will stand out from all others. John Follette, who was a spiritual father to me, had resident in his life and ministry an exceptional anointing and ability to impart. Very often, when he finished speaking, people would say to him, “Please, would you continue to speak?” Or “I could listen to you for hours.”

They were responding, not so much to the depth of the Word that he ministered, or to the exceptional anointing that rested upon him, but rather to the “impartation” that was flowing into their spirit. They were being fed spiritually, and somehow knew that they were receiving something special.

The gift of “prophetic revelation” gives us what to say. I pray much about “being” prophetic.
That is, that I might have an “abiding prophetic anointing” resting upon my life, that I might minister “spirit and life,” which goes beyond the surface meaning of the written Word.

To be “anointed” enables us to speak or to teach that which we have received, through this “prophetic gifting.” But “impartation” goes beyond this. Jesus said,

“It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: The words that I
speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.” ---John 6:63 KJ

The important thing is not the words, nor the meaning of these words, but the impartation of “Spirit and Life” – spiritual substance flowing out through these “words” into the spirits of those who are receptive. Prophetic revelation give us the words to speak.

The anointing enables us to speak these words that we have been given.

Then, through impartation – these words become “spirit and life” and flows into those who have a “hearing ear.”

Thus, those who are spiritually receptive will feel spirit and life flowing into them, apart from the message, or the meaning of the words, and they will want more, as they recognize that their spirit is being fed.

This ability to “impart” is developed through our spending quality time with the Lord, asking specifically for this enabling, or the ability to impart, which will feed the spirits of those who are spiritually hungry and open to receive.

I greatly value this aspect of ministry, and spend much time waiting upon the Lord, specifically seeking for this ability to impart. To have logical facts and information is good, but in itself, these do not feed the spirit. The “anointing” will greatly improve our ability to speak these facts.
But only “impartation” will feed our spirit.

This “impartation” of “spirit and life” is intangible. It is as if “spiritual substance” is attached to the words, and as a hitchhiker, rides the words into the spirit of those who are spiritually hungry.
They may not understand what is happening, but they will know that this “ministry” is different, that they are being fed, and they will respond in appreciation.

Paul said that his speaking was not with the enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit. This “demonstration of the spirit” is the spiritual impartation that is taking place, which has nothing to do with the words themselves. It is “Divine life and energy” flowing from the speaker into the one who is receptive.

May each of us have the ability to impart “spirit and life” as spiritual substance into those with whom we share the Word.