Anointed To Serve

Read Exodus 30:22-33

In this passage that we have looked at for the last few days, there is a command to anoint all of the vessels and anything that was connected to those vessels in order to make them holy, or set apart. The only way that these vessels were to be ready for service was to have the oil of anointing placed upon them. It is imperative that you and I fulfill the same command.
Surely the symbolism can be seen in that we have been chosen by God to be vessels of His Spirit. Each individual must be anointed for His service and His blessing. We will fail miserably in the things that God desires for us without first having the anointing oil poured over our vessels. There are times in life where it is evident through the moving of the presence of God that His anointing Spirit envelopes us and saturates us with a divine touch from His heart. When that anointing pours out, it is for the purpose to lead you into greater heights and depths of ministry for the Kingdom of God.
The great harvest that God has promised in the last days can only be wrought as we, the vessel, fall under he anointing of God. According to Jewish law, it takes six quarts of oil to anoint, but it would benefit us greatly today, to seek for more of the anointing. We need to be as Elisha of old and yearn to follow the Lord into a double portion of anointing. The wonderful thing is; God wants to do just that. He longs, it is a burning desire, to bless His vessels with that anointing.
The other aspect of the anointing in this passage was the anointing of the things connected to the vessel. It is not enough just to have our vessel anointed, but we must also anoint our families, jobs, homes, cars, affections, thoughts and desires. Will you allow God to do that for you?