Have you ever felt like you needed an anointing from God because some situation had Frozen you. Whether you feel unjustly treated, confused, frightened, perturbed or wounded. You feel Frozen physically but your mind is running in high gear struggling to make sense of it all and trying to manage all the emotions that are stirred up.
I've had such a situation and I do feel physically Frozen. I've been unable to sleep because my mind won't stop. My emotions are hurt. I felt left in the dark and when I expressed my feelings I received no understanding. There's nothing worse than feeling unjustly treated and then dealing with a troubled mind.
When a disturbance threatens our peace, as a Christian we struggle because our natural instinct is to defend our self. However, the Holy Spirit constantly prods us to forgive the offense, to be kind and compassionate to the offender. Even though we want to do the right thing, our mind has to go through a process of giving up the struggle for what we feel Justice would be and simply surrender and let it go.
There is nothing more painful in life than to feel rejected or unjustly treated. It hurts and those feelings roll around causing a clenched jaw, sleepless nights, tears and pleas for peace. We become Frozen in that state until someone kind comes along and offers to oil us with compassion. But the final unfreezing comes through the anointing oil of the Holy Spirit. That is a penetrating oil that finds its way right to the heart. After our exhausting battle in the mind of what is fair and what is not, the Holy Spirit, if we allow, will anoint us with the truth. The truth that though we were yet sinners Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) and we are to show the same Mercy to others that Christ showed to us (Matt 18:33, James 2:13-18). It doesn't have to be in person but it does have to be in our heart. We must remember that the battle is not ours. It is God's. (Joshua 23:10, Duet 3:22, Deut 20:4). Like Mother Theresa says in her famous quote, Love them Anyway, "For you see in the end, It is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
Everything in us wants to scream, "But that's not fair!" Was it fair that Christ went to the cross for us and bore our sins upon his innocent body? We are called to set down our selfish pride and allow the Holy Spirit to soften us and build the character of Christ in us. Until we do that we will be frozen on the outside but tumultuous on the inside. Once we surrender our pride and take on the humility of Christ then, peace will flood our mind, and our hearts will be transformed. Our jaw will unclench, we will sleep sweet and our mind will have peace and rest. Forgiveness will have done its work in us. The situation may not change but God will have changed us. We can't control the world around us but we can remember that God is in control. Ask God for his anointing over your mind. Life is not fair. Storms will come and we can become paralysed but our God has the anointing oil can.
Mercy triumphs over judgment. (James 2:13b)
Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8)
Forgive, just as you have been forgiven.(Ephesians 4:32)
In closing, we have to take into consideration how our emotions can get the best of us and overreact. Most times it's not an offense it's just humans being humans. And we must always remember to turn the mirror upon ourselves to make sure that our own hearts are right.
Shalom Shalom
Forgive and you will be forgiven. (Matt 6:14-15)
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