The Oil of Jesus

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.  You rule with a scepter of justice.  You love justice and hate evil.  Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.                                                    Psalm 45:6-7

Many years ago, a friend of mine broke her back.  She had to be put into a stryker frame twice.  The second time, she didn't think she could endure it because the remembrance of the pain the first time was overwhelming.  Screw were inserted into her temples to hold her frame straight.

Being turned on the Stryker Frame

She asked many people to pray for her before the procedure was to take place.  When the time came she still had fear and just before the doctor began the procedure, Jesus appeared before her eyes.  He had a pitcher full of water or oil and he was pouring it all over her.  Joy overwhelmed her and she began to laugh.  She laughed throughout the whole procedure and never felt any pain.  Today her back is healed and she is whole.

Last year, I had a three day period where oil (in the natural) was spilled in my home.  The first day I was pulling a jar of Olive Oil out of my cupboard when it seemed to jump from my hands and fall onto my tiled flour with a loud crash.  Oil was everywhere, along with the broken glass and it took a long time to clean up.  I thought I'd never pick up all the oil. The next morning, I had a jar of ear-oil next to my bed and the cap was off, the jar fell over and oil spilled all over my night stand.  The third day, I opened a jar of peppers that were soaking in oil and it toppled over and spilled all over my kitchen counter! A friend of mine was staying with me and she said, "The Lord is trying to tell you something!"  At first, I thought it was all such a nuisance but in thinking about it, I realized that it was very unusual that three containers of oil had spilled in my home.  My friend found this scripture from the Song of Solomon and wrote it on my bathroom wall:  "How fragrant is your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance."

We felt that the Lord was giving us a new anointing but as I sought the Lord and thought about these things, the vision came back to me of Jesus holding the pitcher of water over my friend and pouring the oil upon her. The Lord kept expanding that picture in my mind.  He highlighted this verse to me from John 16:7 which says, "But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't the Advocate won't come.  If I do go away, then I will send Him to you."   He showed me that it is HE that sends the Holy Spirit and then He further showed me that He is still sending the Spirit and delights to do so.  Ephesians 5:18 says, "Don't get drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life.  Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts."  "Be filled" is present tense. 

I believe that when the oil was spilling in my house, Jesus was telling me, "Come to me everyday for a fresh splash of oil!  I am in heaven with my pitcher full and I'm always ready to pour out more and more on you.  Come and let me pour on you and drink freely."  We can ask again and again and He delights to pour the oil upon us!

Psalm 133:2 is a beautiful picture of how he wants the oil to saturate us.  "For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron's head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe."

May we be dripping with the oil of the Holy Spirit.  It has no cost, it is completely free!  "Is anyone thirsty?  Come and drink-- even if you have no money!  Come, take your choice of wine or milk--it's all free!  Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?  Why pay for food that does you no good?"  Isaiah 55: 1-2