The Anointed One

I have been thinking about this concept of anointing, and reading about it in When Heaven Invades Earth... this idea of how Jesus was the Christ - which means "anointed one".  Anointing references the smearing of oil from the Old Testament, but the New Testament oil, and the oil with which Jesus was smeared, is the Holy Spirit.  It is the same oil that we are now to be smeared with, as priests ministering in the presence of our God.

The point I'm getting understanding in right now is that Jesus came to earth as a man, but He was anointed under the power of the Holy Spirit.  It was how He lived the sinless, miracle-filled life that He did.  It was how He manifested the Kingdom and revealed the Father.

But the reality is that we have access to the same Holy Spirit and the same anointing that He did.  Therefore, it stands to reason that we have the power and provision to live the same kind of sinless, miracle-filled life He did.  We just need to be living and walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  So good!

Thanks God for the provision of Your Spirit!  Not only to comfort us and teach us, and lead us into all truth, but also to empower us to live righteously and supernaturally!