The joy of the Lord ...

Daily prophetic word 
Oil of Gladness
"Yes," says the Lord, "I have set a joyful course before you, so don’t be heavy in heart, for I have anointed you with the oil of gladness that you might find a glorious future, so choose now to remain in a place of rejoicing!"

Prophetic Scripture:
Psalm 45:7 – Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

God has destined us to live in gladness.  During periods of difficulty in our lives, gladness doesn’t always seem to come easily.  However, in the Scripture above, we find a prophetic verse about Jesus that shows us how to have gladness in every situation of our lives.  We find that God anointed Jesus with the oil of gladness.  Yes, there is a special anointing from the Spirit of God specifically for gladness.  We can see how this anointing operated over Jesus.  He chose to be crucified and according to the Bible, He was glad about it.  Now, certainly He wasn’t looking forward to what He suffered because He once prayed that if it were possible to avoid, He would rather not go through with it (Mt. 26:39).  Yet, something enabled Jesus to overcome those feelings.   Hebrews 12:2, says He saw a course of joy in front of Him that made Him look past all reservation.  It takes an anointing from the Lord to look past our present circumstances and be glad because beyond it we see a glorious future.  Jesus had something on His life that drew that kind of anointing to Him.  It was because He loved righteousness and hated wickedness.  When you choose obedience to God and refuse to walk in sin then the anointing for gladness will follow your life.  God wants you to be glad today, because when the oil of gladness is upon you, then you will see things like you have never seen them before!

Prayer:

Lord, I receive the anointing for gladness today.  I expect to have joy in my course.  Let a new anointing come over me right now so that I am empowered to look past the present and see my glorious future.  I choose the course of joy over heaviness today.  I bind every evil spirit of heaviness and sorrow and I step into the oil of gladness today!  In Jesus’ Name, AMEN.