“And now you have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you (first) believed in Christ, He identified you as His own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that He will give us everything He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people. This is just one more reason to praise our glorious God” – Eph. 1: 13-14
One night while driving in my car, I was listening to a sermon on tape by one of my favorite speakers, Bishop T.D. Jakes, when in his own overwhelming way of speaking he said, “This ain’t magic!” and all of the sudden the Holy Spirit used that to teach me what I am about to share with you.
God spoke to me and it went something like this:
“My anointing is not like a fairy tale. It’s not like when you watched Cinderella as a little girl and her magical powers failed her at midnight. What I have for you is better than any sort of potion this world tries to give you. I’ve anointed you with the Holy Spirit. If you believe in Me and in the Holy Spirit whom I have provided you, then you already have the power of the anointing living on the inside of you, and you should know by now that you have all the access you need to receive victory in your life.”
Young girls often desire to have lives similar to those of fairy tale females who always marry the perfect prince charming. In fact I remember being a pre-teen and ironically enough being so bored in church services that I would daydream of a knight on a white horse busting in the back doors of the chapel and whisking me away in order to live “happily ever after.” But God doesn’t have that same desire for us. In fact, what He has for us is better. He has given us His anointing.
The term “anoint” came from the putting on of oil as a tradition for the Hebrews which was an act of cleansing the body. In this same sense, God anoints us with the Holy Spirit who purifies and makes us whole.
As women we must understand that God did not give us our husbands to complete us. No man is able to be perfect and always satisfy us. Only God can meet all of our needs and give us a joy that is permanent through any trial this world throws at us. In learning this, we can begin to learn how to love our spouses, faults and all, just like God first loved us. The anointing helps us do that.
A lot of times when Christians mention God’s anointing they are referring to it as a sort of temporary residence in a particular place. But as God says in
Ephesians 1:13-14, if you believe in Him and accept His Holy Spirit, then God has already anointed you, and the anointing is PERMANENTLY set in your spirit. It was given to you as a gift, so use it!
Walking in the anointing that God has placed inside of me has given me the ears to hear what He desires to speak to me personally. I’ve asked God to help me tune into His voice, and since then I’ve noticed that God will give me guidance in all areas of life, including my marriage.
God will often guide me in the midst of a difficult situation, instructing me on the best way to handle something that, if left to my own doing, I would have completely fouled up. For example, sometimes after an argument with my husband, I may be feeling stubborn and prideful and like my husband should be the first to apologize, but then I know the Holy Spirit is urging me to humble myself and apologize. Doing so allows love to start flowing again between my husband and I, and it squashes any strife the devil is trying to stir up between us.
I know that it is only by the power of the Holy Spirit and His anointing that lives on the inside of me that I am able to hear God instruct me, and simply by obeying His urges, gain success in my marriage – even when I feel like my husband has been acting more like a frog than like prince charming. And you know that is truly a victory!
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