The Anointing

"The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you." 1 John 2:27 (NIV)

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I looked everywhere for someone to explain You to me.

I collected teachers, sermons, and opinions, certain the answer was always in someone else's mouth.

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But You had already been given.

The anointing was not waiting at the end of my search. It was already resting on me, quietly, the whole time I was looking elsewhere.

You do not need a stage to teach me. You teach in the kitchen, in the traffic, in the silence after I close the book and simply sit with You.

I called my restlessness a search for wisdom.

It was You, waiting for me to stop outsourcing what You had already placed inside.

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Forgive me for looking past what was already given.

I do not need everyone else's voice to hear Yours.

You remain.

Anointing that remains, teach me now, without anyone else's voice between us.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for the anointing already given, not still owed.

Thank You for remaining even when I looked elsewhere.

Teach me to listen to what is already inside me. Amen.

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