{"id":601,"date":"2015-03-24T01:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2015-03-24T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T21:01:33","slug":"the-lord-is-my-shepherd-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-30\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord is my Shepherd (30)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;You anoint my head with oil&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we talked about the practical use of the anointing oil for the shepherd. \u00a0He uses it to treat any injuries that the sheep might get while they are grazing\u00a0in the field or in fights with other sheep. \u00a0Although this is the practical aspect of anointing, there is another use of anointing oil that is more prevelent in Sripture. \u00a0It was used to anoint Kings and priests to their position. \u00a0David was also familiar with this use. \u00a0He was just a young shepherd when an old prophet named Samuel visited his home and \u00a0&#8220;anointed&#8221; him the new King of Israel. \u00a0He was just a kid! \u00a0There was already a King on the throne! \u00a0The anointing was the recognition of what God intended for the nation of Israel and what He intended for David. \u00a0It was a message to\u00a0this shepherd boy\u00a0that God had chosen him and that God had a specific plan for him.\u00a0 The Scriptures tell us that God calls each of us into His flock.\u00a0 He has chosen you and when you respond to His call and enter the fold of the Good Shepherd&#8230;He anoints you.\u00a0\u00a0 God says, &#8220;You are now my sheep!\u00a0 No one can take you away from Me.\u00a0 I will take care of you.\u00a0 I will lead you.\u00a0 I will always be with you.\u00a0 You are mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You anoint my head with oil&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have been chosen.\u00a0 God wanted you to be in His flock.\u00a0 As soon as you answered the call He pulled you in and anointed you as His own.\u00a0 Rest in that today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You anoint my head with oil&#8221; Yesterday we talked about the practical use of the anointing oil for the shepherd. \u00a0He uses it to treat any injuries that the sheep might get while they are grazing\u00a0in the field or in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-30\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lenten_blog_2015","category-all_posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}