The consecration of people to God is a basic concept that goes back to our creation in the Garden. Deep inside of people is the knowledge that we were created by God. Most of the world allows their intellect to rule them while neglecting their spirit. However, a few people appreciate our Creator enough to dedicate their lives to Him. This requires help from God’s Spirit and it is called the anointing. In the Old Testament it was symbolized by pouring oil on the head of a chosen person. Today, God anoints directly because the veil between us is gone. The anointing still signifies the wholeness of a person as their life gains its purpose. This total person is now ready to serve God with the power necessary to do God’s will. Today, we have the opportunity to receive God’s anointing with the Spirit. This can empower us to live a righteous life that leads to eternity.
Continually doing the will of God is forever. This is the reason Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit to live in us. When we accept the message of salvation into us, the Spirit teaches us what God desires in our life. A Christian must also be willing to accept an anointing from Jesus after they are saved. This anointing can bring a Christian into a mature spiritual life. As the power of the Spirit interacts with the Gospel truth, it becomes a strong influence in our Christian walk. As the Spirit reveals the truth of God’s plan to us, we establish a relationship with both Jesus and the Father. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you…just as it has taught you, remain in him. (1 John 2:27) Remaining in Jesus and having God in us is possible when this anointing is kept foremost in our life. This is the power that supports our new life for God. We should humbly accept the anointing and repent of all worldly ways.
The individual Christian normally chooses how much of God they want. This is not the correct way of faith. We are being told that setting a goal and believing God will give it to us is the kind faith we need. Not true, God wants to set our goals for us. Christians do not need worldly help with religion because God deals with us directly. Serving is about obedience but we must learn “the proper way” to obey. Jesus explained, You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father, I have made known to you. (John 15:14) In other words, serving because of love for the master is entirely different from serving by using our own decisions to please Him. It is easy to trust a friend.
The Fathers business that Jesus makes known to us is empowered by the Spirit. This information privilege makes it possible to serve in a trusting, loving, friendly relationship. Our spiritual knowledge is from the Holy Spirit. Jesus has anointed us to serve in love as the Spirit directs. Not trusting God’s leading is disastrous. Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins. (James 4:17) We should never do things our own way because God has made it clear we are to serve Him in truth. Jesus is the truth of every thing spiritual in our life. In Him we find, righteousness, confidence, honesty, worth, virtue, conviction, and all other eternal values. These are guidelines for our work as servants of Jesus our Lord or Master. Therefore, these things must be gifts to us because Jesus assures us that his burden is light.
A union with God is beyond our comprehension. Our anointing helps us to accept this unbelievable union a little at a time. It requires faith just as our first step of belief was in Jesus as Savior. The Spirit teaches us the Fathers plan and our faith leads us into a union with God. We could say that there is a triangle of success to our new life. Jesus as Savior and Priest is at the top point. One of the other corners is the truth contained in the Gospel of the Bible. The third corner is the Anointing with the Spirit and his power. This divine combination is what we are seek in our life. With this anointing we become a light to this world. We are trusted by God.
Witnessing is a key factor in our fruit bearing. We must be righteous in order to give the proper response to people. The Spirit of Jesus empowers us with the righteous speech that we need in a given situation. The habitual spiritual life is constantly purifying us as we serve God. This righteous living provides the enlargement of our Christian life that God wants for us. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, (2 Cor 1:21) The love of God has given us the Savior and our obedience in love is a result of the indwelling Spirit. This divine relationship will last forever. The truth of the Scriptures is our source and the Spirit is the power that makes real our spiritual life.
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