We Christians speak of anointing as if it’s some mystical glow,
A way to distinguish things ‘normal’ from
those that flow,
Flow from God on a special ray, or perhaps
under a cloud,
With special results that everyone will see …and applaud.
To ‘have
the anointing’, some wear quite pridefully,
And at other works of Grace, they
look snidefully.
Such attitudes and actions may only serve to
ensure
That their presumed anointing is
likely a devilish lure!
You see, all devilish spirits love to
masquerade
In spiritual costumes and masks, like in a
parade.
Though cloaked, they can still be picked out
in most any crowd,
By those who’ve wrestled with and defeated ‘being
proud’. *
Anointings are no longer an oily sheen, as
in days of old,
Something to hold onto like a nugget of gold.
They are unique extensions of God’s employment Graces,
To help us run uniquely assigned deployment races.
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* Fighting the spirit of pride is an ongoing war. Some battles we may win, and others we may lose.
* Fighting the spirit of pride is an ongoing war. Some battles we may win, and others we may lose.
