Someone in my social media circles recently used the phrase, “new day, new anointing”, this was in
reference to a complaint about a broadcast on radio (MCF) being an old
message that had aired before. The words struck me and in that moment I thought
of how the Bible never grows old, there are stories I have heard since I was a
child but keep learning new aspects from them. The phrase ‘new day, new anointing’ even came more to life today when I found
the commentary below in my archives. As I went back to it, I couldn’t help but
wish I had lived by the anointing I had back then in October 2015 when I saved
it on my PC, its message holds so true 3 years on and I hope you get as refreshed
as I did reading it.
Just
like lawyers quote acts/legal documents to present their cases we need the word
of God to declare His promises in our life. Jesus
overcame temptation by using the word of God. Luke 4.1ff .We can overcome and
win temptation and storms in our lives if we know how to plead our case. God
depends on us to come back to Him with His word. He is calling us not to just
stand on His word but to remind Him of his work on our behalf.
Isaiah
43:26 “Put me in remembrance, let us plead together, and declare that you may
be justified.” This calls for us to know the word of God, our law, God can only
rule in our favor if our case is based on His precedence, His word.
1 John
3:22-23 “And whatever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his
commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
The
above calls for us to know what the word is telling us to do, then declare it
in our lives’ revisit it and keep claiming the word against what the devil is
saying. Reading
the word and meditating on it also helps to birth a vision in our lives. In
studying the word you see how it ought to be, God lays a burden in our hearts
and shows us how to deal with it. The word further strengthens us when we are
ridiculed or discourages teaching us how to respond to threats and challenges
in life.
Problems
are most times opportunities to make us stronger in Christ but without the word
as our anchor we miss out on our blessings.This is
of course easily said than done especially with life’s demands and living life
on the fast lane but the word gives one of the Holy Spirit’s name as
Advocate. John 14:15-17 “...And i will ask the father and He will give you
another advocate who will never leave you. He is the holy spirit who
leads us in truth.”
Wow
with the Holy Spirit as our advocate, Favor will only stop when we accept the
devil’s accusations, so come on together with your advocate start applying some
of those promises. Psalm 23 is a good place to start. “The Lord is my shepherd
I shall not want...”
