Divine Investments

When a person is anointed it means simply that they are set apart for a special task or position. In the Old Testament, there were three offices or positions that required being anointed. The priests were anointed before they could take up service in the Tabernacle or Temple. The prophets were often anointed because they were the spokesmen for God. The kings were anointed before they could take the throne and proclaimed rule of the nation.

Jesus held all three of these offices. He was prophet, priest and king. Therefore, God did not anoint Him with oil but with power through the Holy Spirit.

Jesus became the perfect vessel for the Holy Spirit. Jesus was able to receive a limitless outpouring of the Spirit because He was without sin. Sin acts as barrier to the work of the Spirit and keeps us from receiving all that God wants to give to us.

God desires for us to have this kind of anointing in our lives. God gives us life and then gives us Jesus so we can have new life or new birth. Once our sins are forgiven, He then sets us apart for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. God wants us to have an unlimited empowerment through the Holy Spirit.

What kind of return is God getting for His investment in you?

1.) Serve God with your life

2.) Worship God with your heart

3.) Honor God with your actions

Conclusion

What are you doing with the investment that God has placed in your life?

Harold L. Fickett, Jr., wrote about a wealthy businessman who on his deathbed was filled with deep remorse. When his pastor called, he opened his heart and shared the burden he was carrying. He said that 10 years earlier he had been given the opportunity to teach a Sunday school class of 9-year-old boys. Thinking he didn’t have the time, he declined the offer. Now, however, deeply conscious that his life would soon be over, he confessed to the pastor that his most painful regret was that he had missed such a golden opportunity to serve the Lord by investing his life in the lives of those 9-year-olds. He estimated that at least 100 boys would have passed through that class. "My investments in stocks and bonds will stay behind when I leave," he declared. "What a fool I have been."