The holiday season is over and I took a well-deserved break, so unfortunately, I was not able to post as much as I would have liked to, they should become a bit more frequent now.

Oh! By the way, if you have never been to the wonderful Island of Crete, off the Greece mainland, it is thoroughly recommended.

For the past few weeks, there has been a thought at the back of my mind. It’s one of those thoughts that wouldn’t go away and has also informed the directions of my prayers. The thought centres on the anointing.

Many of us are very familiar with this word. Many times in church, we sing about the anointing and invariably end up asking the Holy Spirit to anoint us. However, the thought that I want to share with you in this post is quite simple. The anointing does not come in isolation. It is given for a purpose.

The anointing simply means a supernatural endowment from God to fulfil a particular task. It is God’s supernatural empowerment or enabling. From the Old Testament, we are familiar with the Priest, Prophets and Kings being anointed before they could function in their posts.

The same principle is illustrated in the New Testament. Perhaps the one that stands out the most is Acts 10:38where it is recorded that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and He went about doing good and healing people.

In fact in Luke 4:18-19, Jesus talks about the Spirit of the Lord being upon Him as He was anointed to….and He goes on to list why the anointing was necessary. The anointing was present to:

• Preach the gospel to the poor
• Heal and restore people
• Proclaim freedom to the captives
• Open blind eyes
• Set people free

So fast forward to our present world. There can be no doubt that we need the anointing. Remember, the key is – What do we need it for?  As Christians in the marketplace, we need the anointing to stand out. The anointing can be given to us to live Christ-led lives and function as kings in the marketplace, whether we are in business or working as an employee. To excel in these arenas, we need the anointing as it portrays our reliance on God. It is the anointing that will set us apart from other people.

To get the anointing, we simply need to ask for it. Prayer or in this case asking is a basic principle that ensures our lifeline with God. To succeed in whatever God has put in your hand, you need to have the anointing of God for it to be successful and stress-free.

So whether these truths are new to you or whether you have heard it before but have not asked for the anointing for a while, why not join me in going before God and asking for His supernatural empowerment to succeed in the marketplace.

I believe that He will give us what we request as long as our motives are right i.e.  to build His Kingdom.

Today’s post is short but I trust a blessing to you, so until I appear again in your inbox, stay anointed

Ola