Oils
1.Oil of Gladness
Psalm 45:7 “ You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed YouWith the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
Isaiah 61:3 “To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
From the above we read about the oil of gladness.This oil of gladness is given to whom?
For those who mourn in Zion-Believers of Christ are given this oil of gladness.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control.
When we be filled with The Holy Spirit through the fruit of The Spirit,this oil of gladness is given.
John 15:1-11 from these verses we read Jesus as:
‘I Am The True Vine,he explains,the branch is fruitful and will bear much more fruits as it abides in Me(Vine)and I in him forever;whatever you ask of me it shall be done and my joy will remain everlasting in you.Therefore as we abide (remain)In Christ we are given this oil of gladness.
Psalm 16:11
“You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
”Being deep rooted in the presence Of Christ and knowing His will for our Life is also a way to receive
the oil of gladness.
Nehemiah 8:10
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.
”We can conclude that The Joy of The Lord i.e The oil of Gladness is our strength.
2.Anointing oil
Let’s see about two kinds of anointing oil.
Firstly,Aaron (Priest) consecrated.
Leviticus 8:12
“And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.”
Leviticus 21:12
“nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
”This anointing to Aaron was given by The Lord .
Secondly,Kings consecrated
1Samuel 10:1
“Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: “Is it not because the Lord has anointed you commander over His inheritance?” he said.
1Samuel 16:1,13
“Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.”
Blessed are those anointed by The Lord.Joseph- from prison was raised to power by this anointing.David- raised from shepherd to King was also with this anointing.Daniel-raised from slave to govern Egypt was also by this very anointing .
3.Balm of Gilead
Jeremiah 8:22
“Is there no balm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?
God’s people-daughters,spiritual aches and pain are soothed and healed By The Lord with this Balm of Gilead.
- Fragrant Oil
Songs of Solomon 1:3
“ Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
Your name is ointment poured forth”.Jesus at The Cross of Calvary broke himself and gave His love as fragrant oil to us.Can we sacrifice our lives to be broken as a fragrance and offer to Our Good Lord?
Luke7:38
“she stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.”
John 11:2
“ It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair,”
John 12:3
“Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.”We also should spread the fragrance of Love all around our nation.Give the love and praise that is due unto God.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
“Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment,And cause it to give off a foul odor;”
If we possess the above mentioned four oils:oil of gladness,anointing oil,balm of Gilead,fragrant oil,neither the dead flies nor the fleshy sins will not overcome rather rot.Therefore,let’s pray that these oils do not rot in our spiritual lives rather be of great blessing for our lives In Jesus Name.
Sol.Petricia.