June 26, 2015 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

The Conclusion: Anointing & Oil

All of us should be in the presence of God all the time; Jesus wants that! God’s anointing and His presence is not for a few but for the complete Body of Christ.

I am reminded of the story of the 10 virgins. Five had oil (anointing in their lives) and five did not. The five that did not were not allowed in heaven—what a tragic scenario. It will cost you to have anointing. In fact, anything that is connected to the Kingdom of Heaven will cost all of us. Jesus said, ‘go sell and buy’ in stories about the Kingdom of Heaven. His anointing and the presence of God is embedded in the Kingdom of Heaven—God wants what He does in heaven to be done on earth.

The Kingdom of Heaven has great blessings as well as judgments. It is like a two edged sword. God takes whatever He offers and does seriously, so should we. To God we do not have a second option here—we all must have His pure anointing oil and plenty of it during life’s journeys.

According to Scriptures we have four choices regarding His presence and the anointing of the Lord (olive oil).

1. To not purchase the presence and anointing of God—we just don’t want it.

2. To have the oil of the Lord in our lives but not enough.

3. To have oil that has become polluted and therefore unusable.

4. To have olive oil—pure, adequate, and available at all times.

Yes, we can allow a fly (which is a type of evil, death or Satan corrupting our anointing and making God’s presence in our lives ineffective) to get into our anointing (research OT & NT references on flies). We see this happening to well known ministers and, of course, members of the Body of Christ. There is always a battle and challenge to ‘resist the devil’, to choose good over evil, and/or to accept God’s direction and will for your life.

This is the wisdom of Proverbs—to know evil, recognize its influence and how it tempts us, and what to do to avoid its control over our decisions and motives. We need to keep flies out of our oil—to not allow the anointing and presence of God to become mixed with evil. Satan tried to get Jesus to do things his way when the Holy Spirit drove Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil. If you have the anointing, plan for a battle. Anything the Holy Spirit brings to us involves a fight against the evil one. Do not be ignorant or weak in Spirit. Let’s be courageous and strong, and full of His oil being grateful, talking & listening, and singing to God.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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