Kind of Like David

April 17, 2013

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been studying about anointing with my Bible study group.  So, it’s been on my mind.  I have learned a lot.  I’ve always had a bad connotation about anointing because it seemed overused and even improperly used.  But, I’m learning.

Priscilla Shirer, in her book, “Anointed Transformed Redeemed,” defined anointing as “a divine enablement to accomplish a divine task or a supernatural empowering to accomplish supernatural goals.”  I get this definition when I think about David and how he was anointed to be king and how, under that anointing, he was able to kill lions and bears and Goliath, not to mention his warrior skills.  But, even with being anointed, he had to go through training.  He was kept in service to his father being a shepherd, to Saul being a musician and armor bearer, and to his brothers serving them while they were at the battle front.  1 Chron. 14:2 says that God established David as king over Israel.  He specifically selected him and established him.  He chose him and then gave him what he needed to do the job.

But how does that apply to me?  That was the question in my mind this past week.  And it was answered in a most unexpected way.  I was the recipient of a letter of appreciation for being impactful in someone’s life.  As she recounted the ways I’d helped her, I sat there remembering those moments.  They stood out equally for me not because I understood the impact they were having but because it was moments I knew I was following God’s leading.  One moment in particular stands out when, through her deep emotion, I spoke the words, “You are loved.  You are beautiful.  You are loveable.”  I remember feeling slightly awkward in saying those words not because I felt they were untrue.  Rather, it felt more like someone else’s words.

At the risk of sounding horribly arrogant, I see now that my ability is all an anointing to do God’s work.  Much like David, I have had many years of training (although mine are half as many as his) but ultimately, I need God’s anointing and establishing for it all to work.

“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time….After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.  To Him be dominion forever and ever.  Amen.”

                                          ~ 1 Peter 5:6, 10-11