Anointed for the Opposition: A Psalm 2 Word for Hard Seasons
- Solo Faith Church Inc.
- 3 days ago
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Updated: 3 days ago
On a recent Sabbath service at Solo Faith Church, the digital sanctuary filled up long before the sermon began — neighbors in Concord, members logging in from Kenya, and viewers in Pakistan, all gathered to worship together. When Pastor Doug Lattimore opened his Bible, he turned to Psalm 2 and repeated one phrase until it landed: you are anointed for the opposition.
A Word for Anyone Facing Pushback
The message was simple and steadying. Opposition, Pastor Doug told the congregation, is not always a sign that something has gone wrong. Sometimes it is a sign that something has gone right — that God has set His hand on a life, and the resistance is the proof rather than the contradiction. “You've been chosen,” he said near the close. “That's what the fight is about. That's what the struggle is about.”
“You are anointed for the opposition. If God be for you, He is more than the world against you.”
Reading Psalm 2 from the Message
Pastor Doug read the psalm from the Message Bible, beginning with its restless opening — “Why the big noise, nations?” — and walked through God's answer to a world in uproar. He drew attention to the moment God turns to His anointed and, in effect, says: name it. Ask Me for the nations, and they are yours. It became a call to stop praying small. “You ain't naming nothing, you ain't claiming nothing,” he said, urging people to bring real, specific requests to God instead of staying silent through a hard season.
He was careful about the heart behind the asking. Name it, he said — but not with malice, bitterness, or a desire to see anyone harmed. Name it because God has placed something in you worth pursuing.
David, Chosen and Overlooked
To show what “anointed for the opposition” looks like, Pastor Doug pointed to King David, who faced opposition inside his own family long before he faced it on a battlefield. When the prophet came to anoint the next king, David was the son left out — not even invited to his own moment. “God saw something in David worth anointing,” Pastor Doug said, reminding listeners that being overlooked by people does not cancel being chosen by God. He tied it to Psalm 23: God prepares a table “in the presence of your enemies,” and sometimes withholds help from the people around you so you learn where your help truly comes from.
A Prayer for Kenya
The service was not only teaching. Partway through, Pastor Doug paused to check on members joining from Kenya, where a wave of school fires and student unrest had taken young lives and shut down campuses. Brothers Sam and William described what was unfolding on the ground, and the whole digital sanctuary stopped to pray — for peace, for the grieving, and for the students. It was a reminder that Solo Faith's congregation now reaches well beyond Concord, and that its prayers travel with it.
Find or Watch Solo Faith Church
Solo Faith Church gathers every Saturday (Sabbath) and Sunday at 1:00 PM at 587 Old Charlotte Rd SW, Concord, NC 28027, and streams every service for its online members. You can watch live each weekend, and the full Anointed for the Opposition message is on the church's YouTube channel.
Solo Faith Church shares this message because so many people in Concord and beyond are quietly carrying opposition they never asked for — at work, in their families, in their own heads. A church exists, in part, to remind them that being opposed and being abandoned are not the same thing, and that no one fighting that battle is fighting it alone.
You're Invited — Visit Solo Faith Church This Sunday
Solo Faith Church meets every Sunday at 587 Old Charlotte Rd SW, Concord, NC 28027. Come as you are. Learn more here.
Community Support Note: This story is part of Solo Faith Church's community journalism initiative to encourage Concord neighbors and share what is happening across our congregation and Cabarrus County. The details in this post were drawn from a transcript of the service described above.
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