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The Secret of a Happy Day 27: Twenty-seventh Day - Thou anointest my head with oil

By J. Wilbur Chapman


      "WHY anoint the head with oil? Ah! David has in mind a picture of the high priest in the sanctuary. In the most holy place of the tabernacle God revealed himself, but a curtain hung before it, and no one could pass that curtain and look upon God and live; but once a year, on the great day of atonement, it was the privilege of the high priest to pass within the veil, and stand in the presence of God. Just before the veil opened, and he passed in, his head must be anointed with oil. Oil is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. This anointing was the symbol of the Spirit's work preparing him to go in before God. It is written, 'Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.' 'We are not yet ready to come face to face with God, but when the good Shepherd is leading us through the valley, and we come to heaven's gate, just before we pass in, the Holy Spirit will finish his work of sanctification, and we, by him, will be prepared to meet God. 'Thou anointest my head with oil.'"

      Yet there is an anointing for the present time, which each may claim.

      1. Oil to make the face shine. Ps. 104:15. It is not possible to come in touch with the Holy Ghost, and not reveal the fact in our lives.

      2. The oil of gladness. Ps. 45:7. Satan cannot rob us of our life, but he may deprive us of our joy. It is the work of Christ to bring us to heaven, but it is the work of the Spirit to bring heaven to us now.

      SUGGESTIONS FOR TODAY.

      1. Whatever your past experience may have been in Christ, claim a fresh anointing for today from the Holy Ghost.

      2. Remember that every Christian is a priest, but he cannot execute the priestly office without unction, and hence we must go day by day to God the Holy Ghost, that we may have our heads anointed with oil.

      3. Remember that a priest in touch with any dead thing could not execute his office. Ask yourself over and over today, "Is my heart right in the sight of God?"

      4. Live for one day, at least, a separated life.

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   Introduction
   1: First Day - The LORD is my shepherd
   2: Second Day - The Lord is my shepherd
   3: Third Day - The Lord is my shepherd
   4: Fourth Day - The Lord is my shepherd
   5: Fifth Day - The Lord is my SHEPHERD
   6: Sixth Day - The Lord is my SHEPHERD
   7: Seventh Day - I shall not WANT
   8: Eighth Day - He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
   9: Ninth Day - He leadeth me
   10: Tenth Day - Beside the still waters
   11: Eleventh Day - He restoreth my soul
   12: Twelfth Day - He restoreth my soul
   13: Thirteenth Day - He RESTORETH my soul
   14: Fourteenth Day - He leadeth me
   15: Fifteenth Day - He leadeth me
   16: Sixteenth Day - In the PATHS of righteousness
   17: Seventeenth Day - In the paths of righteousness
   18: Eighteenth Day - For his name's sake
   19: Nineteenth Day - Yea, though I WALK through the valley
   20: Twentieth Day - I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
   21: Twenty-first Day - I will fear no evil
   22: Twenty-second Day - Thou art with me
   23: Twenty-third Day - Thy rod
   24: Twenty-fourth Day - And thy staff
   25: Twenty-fifth Day - Thou preparest a table before me
   26: Twenty-sixth Day - In the presence of mine enemies
   27: Twenty-seventh Day - Thou anointest my head with oil
   28: Twenty-eighth Day - My cup runneth over
   29: Twenty-ninth Day - Goodness and mercy shall follow me
   30: Thirtieth Day - I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever
   31: Thirty-first Day - Conclusion

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