In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Promise 95 from Exodus 40:15

Ex. 40:15 - "And you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations." - When I think of any position of ministry leadership, I would see the purpose of that leader's anointing to be for the purpose of ministering to others. It is like a sealing of what God has put into them so that they can give to others what God had given to them. But this verse does not even mention other people. the purpose of the anointing is so that Aaron and his sons and all those who come after them can be Priests who minister in holiness to God. To have a position of ministering to God, one must be clean, must be holy, without blemish. To walk into the holy of holies is reserved only for those who have been anointed in purity, washed clean inside and out. Here God said this anointing qualifies them and all their generation to be as priests to the God Almighty. I believe the purpose of this verse in scripture is a prophetic one. Jesus provided the oil in the form of blood and water (Jn. 19:24) for our anointing. For those who step forward to Him and receive the anointing of His shed blood. His anointing qualifies us, purifies us through forgiveness of sins to be pure and holy so that we too may step into the holy of holies and minister to our Heavenly Father. It qualifies us to give of ourselves to Him, to serve Him and to give Him our unwavering attention. As we do that, then the results of our time ministering to Him flows out onto those who reap the benefits of our time with Father. 1 Jn. 2:20 says, "But you have the anointing from the Holy one, and you all know it." Let us accept the anointing given to us and live in such a way that it is evident we've been ministering to the Almighty in the holy of holies.

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