A God Who Anoints Us
We often say that we gather together as a spiritual family each Sunday to worship God and encourage one another. Jesus himself taught us that our entire life should give glory and honor to God the Father and that we should lift up the people around us, considering them more important than ourselves. All of this is undeniably true. Jesus did not come to be served but to serve (Matthew 20:28), so we regularly emphasize servanthood as part of our DNA as we are transformed by the Holy Spirit into alignment with the ongoing mission of God. If we walk with the Lord long enough, this servant status even feels right. We become comfortable with our own servant status—so much so that it can start to feel strange to think of God in that role.
Even though we see Jesus serving and humbling himself over and over again in the New Testament gospels, it still can sound like something is slightly offkey when King David speaks of God as a shepherd and servant in the 23rd Psalm. God is God. God is King. God is Creator and Redeemer and the Commander of the hosts of heaven. Why should this God serve? And more to the point, why should this great God serve me and you?
I know I’m unworthy of such kindness and intimacy. To imagine myself being seated at the King’s table while the King himself refreshes my head and skin with aromatic oils and fills my cup with his choicest vintage is so fantastic a view that it’s hard to comprehend. But that’s what God does for his people. The Master serves his servants. The Shepherd refreshes his sheep.
Let that sink in. Try to picture it. Consider the beauty of this truth: God loves you more than you love any thing in the world, and he actively pursues you with that love every single day. How amazing is that?
A God Who Anoints Us is followed by Bible class with Rob Berghorst. To access the Bible class jump to time 48:30!
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