The Oil Is in the Crushing

Main Text: Isaiah 10:27

Isaiah 10:27 KJV 1900

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, That his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Introduction

Isaiah 10 is a prophecy against Assyria, the empire that had been oppressing and threatening Israel (the northern kingdom) and Judah (the southern kingdom).

The burden represents the oppressive domination Assyria had placed upon God’s people.

The yoke symbolizes enslavement—control, manipulation, forced submission.

Assyria was God’s instrument of judgment for a season (Isaiah 10:5-6), but God promised that after the refining, He would break the yoke and destroy the burden through His anointing—His supernatural intervention and power.

What does the burden represent spiritually for us today?

Spiritually speaking, the burden and yoke symbolize any form of bondage placed upon God’s people—whether:

Oppression from the enemy (satanic attack)

Heavy religious legalism

Generational strongholds

Sin and guilt

Fear, depression, addiction

Economic slavery or captivity

Any system of forced control or manipulation not ordained by God

In the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, the “Assyrian yoke” looks like anything that enslaves, dominates, or crushes the child of God.

Everybody wants the anointing—but nobody signs up for the crushing.

We live in a world that loves the spotlight, but God works in the shadows. We admire oil on someone else’s life—how they sing, how they preach, how they prophesy—but we forget how they got the oil. It wasn’t on the mountaintop. It was in the olive press. It was in the Gethsemane.

This morning, I came to talk to some people who’ve been crushed. If you’ve been through betrayal, heartbreak, loss, or deep sorrow—you are not being punished… you are being pressed. And the anointing is in the pressing.

The Olive Must Be Crushed to Produce Oil

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-38 (KJV)

“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane… My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death…” Matthew 26:36-38

Gethsemane means “oil press.” It’s the place where olives are taken and crushed under great weight. And it’s not one crushing—it’s three.

Likewise, Jesus was crushed three times in prayer that night.

Not because He was weak—but because there’s power in the pressing.

In the Garden of Gethsemane (which literally means “oil press”), Jesus prayed three times:

First Prayer (Matthew 26:39)

“O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

2. Second Prayer (Matthew 26:42)

“O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.”

3. Third Prayer (Matthew 26:44)

“And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.”

What’s happening here?

Each time Jesus prays, there is a deepening of surrender and a greater weight of crushing:

First, He wrestles with the dread of the cross.

Second, He accepts the will of the Father more fully.

Third, He completely surrenders—mind, body, and spirit.

It wasn’t that Jesus was reluctant—it’s that He was being crushed, layer by layer, like an olive in the press.

In ancient olive pressing, the olives were crushed in stages:

First pressing: highest quality oil (for anointing kings and priests).

Second pressing: oil for lamps (light).

Third pressing: oil for soap (cleansing).

In Gethsemane, Jesus was spiritually pressed:

To produce the anointing for our priesthood (first press).

To produce the light that shines in darkness (second press).

To produce the cleansing for our sins (third press).

He was crushed three times to pour out everything we would ever need.

You want to be used by God? Don’t run from Gethsemane—kneel there.

Don’t curse your crushing—embrace it.

Because God never wastes pain. He uses it to produce power.

The Anointing Breaks Yokes, Not Talent

Isaiah 10:27 says the yoke is destroyed because of the anointing.

The Hebrew word for “anointing” there comes from a word meaning fatness—the idea is that you get so filled, so saturated, so expanded by the oil of God that the yoke can’t fit you anymore!

You outgrow the chains! You break out of bondage! You grow beyond the thing that tried to hold you down!

Listen:

Talent can open doors, but it can’t break chains.

Charisma can gather a crowd, but it can’t heal a soul.

Only the anointing can destroy the yoke.

This is why God will take you through seasons where your gift is silent—so your oil can be produced.

Crushing Turns Private Pain Into Public Power

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)

“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble…” 2 Corinthians 1:4

The very thing that nearly crushed you is now the very oil that others will need.

Some of you have walked through:

The fire of depression

The flood of divorce

The furnace of betrayal

And you came out carrying oil. Now you don’t just talk about peace—you carry it. You don’t just teach deliverance—you release it. The anointing makes your wounds become weapons.

Conclusion:

You’re Coming Out Dripping with The Oil of The Anointing

God told me to tell you:

“Don’t waste the crushing.”

The anointing doesn’t just lift burdens; it destroys them. What the enemy meant to enslave you with, God is about to annihilate by the oil of His Spirit!

Because you’re coming out dripping.

Dripping with authority.

Dripping with joy.

Dripping with power.

Dripping with healing.

You’re not who you used to be.

And that old yoke? It can’t hang on you anymore. The oil has made you too big for it!

If you’ve been in a season of pressing—if you’ve felt like the weight is too much, the pressure too heavy—come down. God is releasing fresh oil.

Don’t ask Him to remove the press. Ask Him to produce the oil.

“God never anoints a man or woman who hasn’t been broken. Your tears are the oil of tomorrow’s anointing.” – Leonard Ravenhill