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Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 2
Psalms 133:2—It is like the precious oil upon the head. (R.V.)
Brotherly love binding together kindred hearts is here compared to oil, the chosen symbol of the Holy Spirit, because it is only through his grace that it is possible to love. The love of the brethren is the earthly manifestation of love to God. We have just as much to Him as we have to them; and such love, whether to them or Him, can only be shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost given unto us. Is love wanting f Seek a baptism of the Holy Ghost. Pentecost meant the most wonderful manifestation of love which the world had ever seen.
The Holy Spirit, as oil, was poured upon the head of our great Aaron as He arose from the waters of baptism, and again when He ascended into the presence of his Father; and it has been descending ever since upon us who are as the skirts of his garments. To the Jew it seemed as though the Hermon range overtowered the land and was able to drop its dews across the intervening distance upon the mountains of Zion. Thus, from the glory of his exaltation, Jesus drops the dew of the Holy Spirit as blessing upon the lowlands of our life—that blessing which is life for evermore. Our response to it should be the fertility of our heart’s and life’s activities.
"Ye have," said the apostle, "an unction (anointing) from the Holy One, and ye know all things." Could that assertion be made of us? If not, let us seek it. "He that stablisheth unto Christ, and anointeth, is God." "Serve your God day and night faithfully," says Dr. Goodwin; "walk humbly, and there is a promise of the Holy Ghost to come and fill your hearts. Sue this promise out; wait for it. Rest not in believing only, there is a further assurance to be had."
