I’m Weak but I’m Anointed
By
Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.
SCRIPTURE: - 2 Samuel 3:39 says, “And I am this day weak, though anointed king…”.
PRAYER: -
OPENING: - Icy-Hot, Large-Shrimp, Bitter-Sweet, Same-Difference, and Orderly-Confusion.
These are common oxymorons. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
In our society and our way of thinking it is impossible to be 2 things at the same time, you can’t be tall and short, coming and going, happy and sad, and right and wrong.
It is this mentality that has caused us to develop a certain type of persona. We put on a false face and travel through life everyday like everything is all right because we don’t want people to see or know how we really feel.
At work we show the face of oh it is so good to see you but really, we feel I just want to do my job and go home please leave me alone. At home we tell of spouse everything is going to be all right and not to panic, but inside we are struggling and saying Lord if you don’t hurry up, I don’t know what I am going to do. Then we come to church, the place where we should be able to be ourselves and be free, but we don’t want people to think less of us or realize you don’t have it all together, so we put on the false face of sanctification. Praise the Lord I am blessed and highly favored of the Lord, Hallelujah, glory to God but down on the inside I am hurting, I am messed up, I got some issues, I don’t have it all together and I need some help.
Understand this does not negate your salvation, it does not say that you have limited amounts of faith, it has nothing to do with you going to heaven or not but is says I am human, and I am dealing with some things.
TEXT: - In our text David who at this point had been anointed by Samuel to be King, He had already defeated Goliath about 15 years prior. Israel had been divided into two kingdoms, the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and the Southern Kingdom (Judah) and he is King of Judah or the Southern Kingdom, while Ishbosheth, another of Saul’s son’s is King of Israel.
Now there is war between the Northern Kingdom Israel and the Southern Kingdom Judah, and each side had a general if you will Israel had Abner and Judah had Joab. The Bible says Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. Well, Ishbosheth accused Abner of sleeping with Saul’s concubine named Rizpah. This didn’t sit right with Abner because he was loyal to the house of Saul, so he leaves Ishbosheth and the Northern Kingdom and comes to David and tells David it’s time for Israel to become united and that David should be king of all Israel, this is what he was anointed to be. Abner says to David, he can make it happen and the people will gladly follow along. David sent Abner away in peace to make it happen. Now Abner had killed Joab’s brother in battle and when Joab heard that Abner came to David and David sent him away in peace Joab felt that Abner was trying to deceive David and entrap him, so he sent troops after Abner had Abner captured and then he killed by stabbing him in the side.
David when he hears Abner is dead, he rents his clothes and refuses to eat saying Abner died as a fool dieth because he was ambushed and killed by surprise. David curses Joab and his family.
Then we come to the 39th verse David says “And I am this day weak, though anointed king…”
I just want to say right now there may be a time in your life when a situation makes you weak. There may be something that stops you in your tracks. You will come to a point in your Christian walk where you stop and look up to heaven and ask God why me and maybe even do you even care.
Understand God is not intimated by your questions. God is not going to become depressed because you question him. There is nothing you can ask that will surprise Him. There is nothing you can say that will make Him say I don’t know. But I truly believe when you get to the point where you begin to question God that is the very point, He wants you to be. Because it is here that you begin to open your heart and open your mouth and begin to worship Him, and there is something about worship when you begin to worship God for who He is He begins to work something in you. You worship and cry out Lord you are a deliverer He begins to pull you out of that mess. Lord you are a healer and He begin to heal your body. Lord you are a way maker, and He begins to show you the way. You cannot worship God for who He is and He does not do what you said He is.
David said, “I am weak THIS DAY”. This day is just a period of time. This day is different than other days. This day deals with a current situation. This day does not determine your destiny. David was saying I already killed a Lion and a Bear, I already killed Goliath, I already been delivered from Saul’s attempts on my life, but this day I am weak. In other words, Devil don’t get it twisted I might not be up to par right now but I am anointed king, and another day is coming.
You may be depressed THIS DAY. You may be weak THIS DAY. You may be discouraged THIS DAY. You may be strung out THIS DAY. You may feel hopeless THIS DAY. You may be confused THIS DAY. You may be weak THIS DAY. But I just want to encourage you and let you know you are already anointed, and another day is coming.
2 Corinthians 12:10 says “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong”. You may be weak right now but let me tell you something - You are stronger than you realize.
Greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world.
David said “I am this day weak though anointed king” – King that’s Royalty
WATCH THIS: - The Bible says in 1 Peter 2:9 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”.
You are a royal priesthood and are already anointed but let me show you something that the anointing will get you.
Romans 8:15-17 says, “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, (We are in the family) whereby we cry, Abba, Father (We are The Kings Kids – Son of God). The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”.
Jesus says in John 14:12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father”.
Focus on this – “ the works that I do shall he do also”. That is a promise.
WATCH THIS: - When Satan is introduced in the Old Testament in Genesis 3 he is called the Serpent – that’s the Past. When we get to the New Testament Peter in 1 Peter 5:8 calls him a roaring Lion – that’s the Present. In Revelation 12:7&9 he is called the Dragon - that’s the future.
He goes from serpent to a lion to a dragon somebody has been feeding him. God cursed him and said he will eat of the dust of the ground. UNDERSTAND: - God formed man out of the dust of the earth. So, in the past he has been feasting on mankind, in the present he is feast on mankind, and in the future he will be feasting on mankind.
But what a Mighty God we serve. Psalm 91:13 says “Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder (that’s a serpent) : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet”. That’s talking about Jesus, but remember Jesus said “ the works that I do shall he do also”.
So when the devil tries to attack when you are weak with stuff from your pass, when he tries to discourage you in your present, and when he says I will get you in the future. You must remember and let the devil I am THIS DAY weak but I am anointed and begin to tread upon the serpent for stuff in your past, tread upon the lion about mess in your present, and tread upon the dragon when he says I will destroy your destiny.
Because you and I may be weak THIS DAY but WE ARE ANOINTED.
Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.
