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You Anoint My Head With Oil
This week’s Devotional Topic
In ancient Israel, shepherds used oil for three purposes; to repeal inserts, to prevent conflicts, and to heal wounds. Most of the year, sheep are calm, passive animals. They still tend to get hurt, however. And these wounds are the third reason to shepherd anoints the sheep. Most of the wounds the shepherd treats are simply the result of living in a pasture. Sheep get hurt, as a result, the shepherd regularly, often daily, inspects the sheep, searching for cuts and abrasions. He doesn’t want today’s wound to become tomorrow’s infection. Neither does God.
Just like sheep, we have wounds, but our wounds of the heart that come from disappointment after disappointment. Sheep aren’t the only ones who need preventive care, and sheep aren’t the only ones who need a healing touch. So we, like the sheep, get wounded, and we, like the sheep, have a Shepherd. Remember the words we read, “We belong to him, we are his people, the sheep he tends” (Ps 100:1). He will do for you what the shepherd does for the sheep. He will tend to you. We go to Him, we bow before Him, and we trust in Him.
This week’s Scripture: Psalm 131:1-3 (NIV)
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