The Names of God - Saving Strength of His Anointed

 Saving Strength of His Anointed

The LORD is their strength, And he is the saving strength of his anointed. Psalm 28:8 (KJV)

What does it mean to be God’s anointed? If you take the definition of the word, it would imply those on whom God has poured or rubbed oil. Since this is not the case, where God literally rubbed or poured oil, there has to be another explanation. Acts 2:17 says, “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, …” The Holy Spirit is referred to as oil many times in scripture. Using this understanding, God’s anointed would be every person.

This makes sense if you read the whole psalm of David. He starts out talking about “they” in several different ways. “Them that go down into the pit” (vs. 1), “workers of iniquity” (vs. 3), and “they regard not the works of the Lord” (vs. 5). Then, in verse 6, David turns inward. “He heard by supplications” (vs. 6) and “my strength … my heart … my song” (vs. 7).

Then, David makes the statement used for today’s name for God: The Lord is their strength, and He is the saving strength of His anointed. To whom is David referring? It has to be those he mentioned earlier. I believe what David is trying to communicate is that God is the hope of every person. Each of us are alive because God gave us breath, just as He did Adam when He “breathed into him (Adam) the breath of life” in the Garden. From Adam until now, God has been the Saving Strength of His Anointed. 

Each of us is the anointed of God. The life you have in you is the Spirit of God. He is the force which animates these clay suits we call a body. We are not our body, but instead the spirit who lived inside. Our spirit is the part which connects with the Spirit of God. It’s the part of us which is recreated (2 Corinthians 5:17) when we are born again. This is the moment God becomes The Saving Strength of His Anointed. If you have never experienced this aspect of God, today is the day. Call out to Him. He has not changed, and will never change. He stands ready to act on your behalf to save you from whatever you may be facing. There is no pit too deep for His reach. There is no distant land to which you may have fled that God cannot find you. There is no offense too great which He cannot forgive. There is no wall you can construct which He cannot pull down.

If you need a rescue, God is waiting. All you have to do is ask.