Sitting on the Back Porch
Psalm 28:8“The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.”
1 John 2:27 “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.”
I sat on the swing on our back porch with my back to the sun. Although the temperature gauge said it was cool, I felt warm because of the sun’s rays upon my back. You might say I was basking in the sun. A slight breeze came up. Although it was cool, it didn’t take away the warmth of the sun.
It behooves me to bask in the Son. His warmth is more sure than the warmth of the sun. I can liken the breeze I felt on the porch with a temptation or nudge from satan. I must decide whether I am going to allow satan’s nudges to remove the warmth of the Son. Even though I may notice satan’s nudges, I don’t let them replace or even dim the warmth of the son.
Within the warmth from the Son is His anointing. Yes, there is an anointing on my life. There is also an anointing on your life. God has something for you to do, and He has something for me to do, and when He does, He provides the anointing. Even when I think that I am not qualified, He assigns me the task. He will not send me on a mission for which I am not prepared, with no anointing. When I feel I am not prepared, I can expect to enter a time of learning so that I will have the necessary skills and abilities to carry out the task. In other words, He will prepare me as He anoints me for the mission. Remember, God never does anything second rate, so we can be confident in the work assigned. He may assign a task but not release us to perform the task until we have been prepared. Then, He gives us the anointing to carry it out. Some tasks are short term that can be completed in a day or even an hour, and other tasks may last a lifetime. In any case, we can know that God has work for us to do, and that He will bless us with whatever tools we need to accomplish it. We can also know that He expects us to complete the work to the best of our abilities—those gifts (abilities) with which He has anointed us. So the next time you feel the warmth from the sun, think of the warmth of the anointing of God.
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