“The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach
good tidings.” Isaiah 61:1 KJV
We can, if we put our mind to it,
think of a great number of uses for oil. Our cars wouldn’t work without it.
Cakes would be flat without it. Fragrant oils fill our houses with pleasant
aromas. Each of those things uses a different kind of oil. In the Old Testament
God gave directions for a special kind of oil to be formulated and to be used
in His holy tabernacle. Prophets, priests and kings were all anointed by oil in
the Old Testament to do their work.
When Jesus stood up to give His
first sermon He read from Isaiah and declared that He was the one who was
anointed by God for ministry. He would fulfill the office of prophet, priest
and king. Jesus was the Messiah, literally the Anointed One, for whom all
Israel was supposed to have been waiting and who would become a light to the
gentiles as well.
When we believed in Christ we were
anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit. Paul says that we were baptized with
the Holy Spirit. We have been commissioned to do service for our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. As Christ was anointed with the Holy Spirit so are we. He,
the Holy Spirit, will keep our motors running smoothly, keep us from being flat
in our faith walk, and will fill us with a fragrant aroma that will draw others
to the true Anointed One.
Dear
Father, Thank You for giving me the Holy Spirit and let me not stifle Him in my
life. Amen.
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