Have you ever witnessed the coronation of a King or Queen? Our world witnessed this remarkable event with King Charles of the United Kingdom only a few months ago. But what would it be like if God Himself crowned normal people like you and me with His special anointing into royalty?
Come with me again, back to Jerusalem about 2700 years ago as the prophet Isaiah is writing the amazing message of hope he is receiving from the Holy Spirit of God. We find it in our Bible in Isaiah 61 and we’ve been taking this one phrase at a time for the past several days.
Today, let’s take the next phrase which sounds like a coronation: “The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to…bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes; the oil of joy instead of mourning; and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair…”(Is. 61:3) Y