Jesus nourishes us and takes care
of us. We are partakers of Him and members of His body and
therefore we can partake in His Divine nature and be as He is in
this world. We can share the oracles of God with this world and be
free to be like Him and to care for this world. We learned all of
that last week. And because we are part of Him, we are anointed
like He was:
"But you have an anointing from
the Holy One, and you know all things." 1 John 2:20
All of us as Christians have an
anointing from God. Not just certain special people but all of us.
Why? Because the Anointed One lives within us. And notice, due to
our anointing we know all things. This corresponds with 1
Corinthians 2:16 that tell us that we have the mind of Christ. And
by default if you have the mind of Christ, you know all things. You
see the more time you spend with God, the more you read the Bible
and truly get to know Him, the more you will start to believe what
is true of you in the spirit. And when you start to believe what is
true of you in the spirit, true wisdom will manifest and His Spirit
will start flowing in mighty torrents through you achieving His
will in this world. You simply need to believe that you are
anointed.
And once you believe that you are
anointed and you allow Him to flow through you, you will go out and
change the world, bit by bit. Jesus will be by your side and
nothing shall by any means hurt you:
"Behold, I give you the
authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke
10:19
As His anointed ones, He has also
given us authority to go out and be His hands and feet in this
earth. Once again we only have this authority because He lives
within us and He is King of all kings, supreme over all. And He
works through us. Do not even stress about how you are going to
share His Word and do what He would have done, because at the end
of the day it is not you doing it. It is Him and all Him. And
therefore He should receive all the glory forevermore! You just
need to be open to be used.
Therefore we need to exercise
ourselves towards godliness. We must exercise our faith muscles by
reading and doing the Word of God.
"...exercise yourself toward
godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is
profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is
and of that which is to come." 1 Timothy 4:7, 8
Godliness is profitable both for
now and for the life hereafter. This life is already part of the
heavenly life. We are part of His Kingdom now already, and
therefore we need to start acting as if we are. We need to start
acting as if this is true and portray the characteristics of a
Godly life. We are His Kingdom representatives. Stand tall and
present His values to this world. Whether you are in the board
room, the class room, the shops, the sporting field or at home. You
need to represent Him in all aspects.
We are part of His family and
therefore He can be trusted. After all His main aim for us is to
love Him, to enjoy life and to present Him to the world. It is as
simple as that. I would like to end off with a verse that confirms
that God is a good God and that He supplies for us so that we can
enjoy this life:
"Command those who are rich in
this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain
riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all
things to enjoy." 1 Timothy 6:17
Stand up in your anointing and be
like Him in this world, loving, full of peace and enjoying all
things.
Thank you Father for all Your
riches. Thank you that You give us so much. Thank you for the
anointing and authority that we have due to Your wonderful Son
Jesus Christ. We praise and honour You forever and ever. Amen