Isaiah 61:1-3
"…God has anointed Me…to console those who mourn in Zion
Oil in the scriptures is a physical representation of God’s Spirit and Anointing. The Anointing of God is simply His Presence and Power actively working in a person’s heart and life bringing about His Will, Word and Way. The purpose for the anointing is to bring impartation to a believer’s heart (I Samuel 16:13), emancipation to a believer’s soul (Isaiah 10:27), consecration for a believer’s spirit (Exodus 30:25-29) and preparation of a believers life (Ruth 3:3) to be used for God’s glory, honor and praise. The Anointing brings joy to the heart and life of a believer providing strength to endure and over come all that would keep us from accomplishing God’s will.
Psalm 45 is a royal wedding song of love that celebrates the joy and blessing of human marriage. The song’s cultural setting is that of an ancient, eastern royal court and the writer begins by saying his heart was overflowing with a good theme and his tongue was the pen of a ready writer, as he recited his composition concerning the Groom and soon coming King. He said the King rules His Kingdom with a Scepter of Righteousness and because He loved righteousness God anointed Him with the Oil of Gladness (verses 1-6). So it is when we commit ourselves to endure the Rough Road of Righteousness that our lives will overflow with joy and gladness.
John 16:22-24
“Now you have sorrow…I will give you joy that no one can take...that your joy may be full…”
Jesus shared with His disciples how they would experience intense sorrow over His death but it would be turned into joy when He sent the Holy Spirit. He said the coming of the Spirit would be more profitable to believers than Him in the flesh because the Spirit lives in us. The Spirit, who is our Comforter, doesn’t merely help us transition from sorrow to joy but transforms our sorrows that they become a source of joy for us. For clarity Jesus used the example of a pregnant woman whose sorrow during labor is transformed into joy at the birth of her child (John -21).
Like a mother’s joy at the birth of her baby, Jesus promised the disciples their joy would be full, unspeakable and unable to be taken away, because of the Presence and Power of the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit poured upon the disciples is the same poured upon our lives, rubbed upon our souls and smeared upon our spirits to give us strength and power to perform God’s good works (Ephesians 1:13, 14). The Anointing was poured upon us to make us God’s Anointed that we may go out into the world and Anoint others with God’s Oil of Joy and bring comfort to their heart and life.
Peace & Blessings,
Charles and Mandy
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