by Dona Hake
The past two days I have been focusing on God’s peace. Yesterday I shared specifically about the undisturbed mind. Anxious thoughts can surely rob one’s peace. Anxious thoughts can be like a fly that has picked you to torment. He may keep flying around the room, then buzz a bit around you head, land on you, and then fly away just long enough…but then he is back. Sometimes this is how anxious thoughts are when we are not taking them to the Lord. Oh yes, we have prayed but there are certain cares that you have not completely given over to Him. Your mind may seem at peace, and then out of no where you feel troubled again. That thought that you are trying to give to Him seems to keep showing up. It is times like these that we are not totally releasing all our cares to Him. May we examine our hearts in this matter, and ask Him for His help. In His presence, He desires to minister to our soul, and rid us of any torment we are in. May we permit Him to anoint our heads with oil which will indeed permeate our soul with that peace that passes all understanding.
Psalm 23:5 (Amplified)
You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;
You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;
I have an image in my mind of a troubled sheep standing submissively under the gentle hands of the shepherd. He begins to pour fresh oil down over his woolly forehead, and he gently rubs it through the sheep’s thick wool, and it penetrates into the skin. He is assured that his sheep will be protected from torments that come from a particular pestilence. The shepherd well knows and understands how his sheep can be troubled by such tormentors as the nose fly. These little flies buzz about the sheep’s head attempting to deposit their eggs on the damp, mucous membranes of their nasal passages. If they succeed the worm-like larvae work their way up into the the sheep’s head. It is then that the intense irritation cause extreme inflammation with extreme torment and pain for this poor sheep.
I think of the daily cares that can swarm around our heads and torment us as well. Many times we are tempted to worry about things before they even happen. We try at times to put things out of our minds yet thoughts that are not dealt with eventually take root and get bigger. We must purpose ourselves to daily stay under our caring Shepherd’s loving hands. As we do we will abide in His place of refreshing and restoration of our souls.
Lord we thank You this day for being a kind and loving Shepherd. We thank You for Your watchful eyes for You see our soul, and You know when are hearts and minds are anxious. Thank You for reminding us by Your Spirit to cast all of our cast over to You. We praise You today for the power of Your restoration and peace that You desire to bring to us. In Jesus Name. Amen.