A kings anointing

I love in the book of 1 Samuel that when God appointed a king that they were anointed by the prophet for service. 1 Sam. 10:1 - "Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him, saying, "Has not the Lord anointed you leader over his inheritance?" What I find interesting about this anointing is the display of affection attached to it. The prophet chosen by God to be the representation of God to His people through his proclamation and many times through specific action does more that just the prophetic service in this case. The oil was poured out as a physical display of God's Spirit which would come upon the man for service, the spoken word to breath life into the heart of the man to remind him that his office was a calling from on high, but the kiss....Even in this case, Saul, who would leave his devotion of God for the acceptance and approval of man is kissed by the prophet. As if God were saying Saul, you are deeply treasured by your Father, I desire that you hear My words of commissioning for confidence, sense the pouring out of oil upon your head for assurance of My presence, but as important that you receive the kiss as a mark of My great affections towards you.
I can't help but read 1 John 2:20 and 27 in the same light "But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.....But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him." The same three aspects of Saul’s anointing is the same that I believe Jesus desires for us to receive from this text. The word of truth spoken over us for confidence, the oil of the Holy Spirit for assurance, and the kiss....the sign of His great affections towards us.
Father how easy it is for me to see this truth for someone else. How different it is for me to receive this for my own life. To be quite honest it is not even the first two aspects of this anointing that I struggle with...but the third. The affection of the Father towards me seems to get locked up when I see the true me...all the faults, failures and flaws yet I know it is true because You are TRUE and how I need this truth in the innermost parts of my being. Lord help me to live out of this Truth - to receive the full anointing of My King.

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