ARTICLE: The Oil on Your Head: What Divine Anointing Really Means

Anointing is often misunderstood as talent, popularity, or platform. In Scripture, anointing represents divine empowerment for purpose. It is God’s enabling presence upon a person to accomplish His will.

Oil symbolized the Holy Spirit in biblical times. Kings, priests, and prophets were anointed to signify God’s selection and authority. The anointing was not cosmetic—it was functional.

Psalm 23:5 declares, “You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.” Anointing brings overflow. It breaks yokes, empowers service, and releases grace for assignment.

Anointing is not self-generated. It flows from intimacy with God. Jesus Himself operated under the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:18). If the Son of God depended on the anointing, how much more do believers need it?

True anointing attracts responsibility. It comes with cost, sacrifice, and obedience. David was anointed long before he was crowned. The anointing prepares before it promotes.

The anointing also demands character. Without integrity, anointing becomes dangerous. God values private obedience more than public performance.

Anointing is not limited to pulpits. Every believer is anointed for purpose—business, ministry, family, service. The Holy Spirit equips believers uniquely for their calling.

To sustain the anointing, believers must remain yielded. Pride, compromise, and neglect can quench the Spirit. The anointing flows where humility remains.

When the oil flows, burdens lift, chains break, and God is glorified.