Ruth Anoints Herself (Ruth 3:3b)

3/25/2010 8:22 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  Anoint herself

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Ruth 3:3b

 

            Message of the verses:  “--and anoint yourself “

            The anointing of Ruth was something that was done frequently in the culture that she lived in as it made one’s fragrance pleasant to be around.  ‘“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you.’”  This comes from Song of Solomon 1:3. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  1 John 2:20, 27 speak of the anointing of the Holy Spirit in the life of all believers:  “But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.”  The picture of Ruth anointing herself is that of believers today being anointed with the Holy Spirit.  The anointing of the Holy Spirit in a believer makes them have the fragrance of Christ and is something that pleases God the Father.

            The anointing of the Holy Spirit in my life is something that I have seen from time to time, but I believe the important thing is that I keep myself in fellowship with my heavenly Father in order to have the Holy Spirit work in my life to accomplish the things that He has planed for me to do before the world was set in place.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. “For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.”
2. I want to be the fragrance of Jesus Christ to the lost that the Lord brings into my life in order to tell them the good news of the Gospel.

 

3/25/2010 8:40 AM