THE STAIN THAT REMAINS
Previously shared with my NJ sisters at their Spring retreat 2011
It was Good Friday and Selah wanted to wear her new dress to our communion service…
I asked her NOT to get her new “lipstick” on her dress (her favorite shade- red as a rose).
I looked down as we were worshiping and saw IT. A huge oil mark on her new dress from her “red as a rose” lipstick. Well- I almost threw a fuss, yes, right there in church- and even worse- it was Good Friday and we were about to take communion...
And God spoke to me…THAT’S HOW I DESIGNED IT. THE TWO HARDEST STAINS TO GET OUT ARE OIL AND BLOOD.
What was God saying to me…
Number one-He wants the oil stain to remain!!!!!
And I’m not talking Wesson……when His oil gets on you- it stains! You are marked and set apart. Because we are under the blood- we are anointed with His Spirit.
Anointed- being set apart for His purpose, to be endowed with enabling gifts and grace, being filled with His Spirit. (2 Cor 1:21-22, 2 Cor 12:4,7-11, James 4:6)
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (NKJV)
Ephesians 5:18 shares that He wants us to be filled with the Holy Spirit to influence others for the Kingdom.
His Kingdom comes through us…as we remain stained by the oil of our sweet Holy Spirit!
He tells us in Acts 1:8, you will receive My grace power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you then you will be My witness in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth! We gotta operate in the power supply of His oil!
I desire to walk in His anointing!
Lord please stain me with Your anointing! Your Spirit- Your glory- soak me, saturate me in who You are …leave a stain that remains! In recent battles, I encountered so many Kingdom warriors that continuously had a bountiful eye- always looking to be a blessing! Prov 22:9.
I saw the stain of our sweet Holy Spirit in others.
I had an acquaintance(now a close sister friend), who did not know last year that my husband was in between jobs. She dumped out her pocket book one day and told me that the Lord told her to do it. One day after home school group I found food in my front seat- still don't know how that happened because my car was locked and I had the keys with me! God is good!
Another friend gave us a gas card, just when our tank was empty. Still another friend sent me a card with Psalm 100 written on it- and a $100 bill.…
God placed mighty women in my life who spoke life over me when there was not much of me left! They were oil stained!
You know...you can speak the Word of God- but without His Spirit being in it- you can beat somebody up with the Word.
Satan used the Word….but he didn’t have the anointing! There was no power.
In Genesis the Spirit moved, God spoke and there was life. It is the same today. The Holy Spirit must be in the equation. When we feed on His Word and soak in His anointing we are power filled! Ready for action!
When we are under the control of the Spirit, our prayer life is transformed, and we pray with the heart and vision of a righteous man (James 5:16).
When the Holy Spirit is in control, we are of the same mind with God. We are humble before God and man (Phil. 2:1-8).
When we are filled with the Spirit, we have the mind and thus the attitude of Christ (Phil. 2:5).
We reproduce His likeness (Gal: 5:22-23).
When we are under the influence of God’s presence, nothing really matters but Jesus Christ.
For if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25).
Living, walking in the Spirit is the opposite of your will or your flesh. We have the Grace power to reckon with our flesh and tell it that Jesus now has the authority in our lives! Roman 6:11
“For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life” (Galatians 6:8).
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God” (Romans 8:13,14).
Saturated in oil for your light to shine- just like an oil lamp!- Purpose filled light!
For You will light my lamp Psalm 18:28
And most importantly...point number two... there is supernatural stain removal with the Blood of Jesus Christ.
His blood won every battle you will ever be in. If you have accepted Jesus as your personal Savior - HE HAS WASHED THE SIN STAIN AWAY and the power of death has no hold on you!
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain- He washed it white as snow.
Heb 10:19 And by the blood of Jesus we have boldness to be in His presence!!!!!
So go soak in His presence- take a sweet Holy Spirit oil bath!!! Love you all- praying for each of you!
