Anointed

"The anointing you received from him abides in you," 1 John 2:27.

Anointing? God choosing you. When was that? When you heard the thing way back at the first. What thing? The teaching. What teaching? The truth that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God. Not just when you heard it, but (big deal here!) when you confessed that teaching. And, secured by the great Spirit, it came to live in you. So what? When that teaching came to live in you, then you came to life. To live in the Son (and in the Father!). So what? Eternal life. That's what. And as you received this anointing, you know the truth. What truth? Jesus is the Christ. And you don't need any other teaching than the truth you heard way back when. Which the anointing teaches you. Remember?

Today we find a brother or sister and give thanks to our God. He chose us, together, a long time ago to be born of him. And, anointed, to do good stuff.