I remember when I first got involved in Charismatic churches and one of the words that I heard the most was anointing.
“He has the anointing “,
“Lose the anointing”
“Carry the anointing”
,… and so on.
I quickly learnt believers talked about “the anointing” as if it were a spiritual feeling, a surge of power, or something that comes and goes depending on them.
When you check the scriptures you see that the anointing is taught incorrectly by some church traditions, BUT as always lets go through what the Bible says about the anointing:
The Anointing Was Always About Position — Not Power
In the Old Testament, people were anointed for position, not for emotional experiences.
Surprise! Surprise!
Priests were anointed and set apart.
Kings were anointed and placed into office.
The oil did not give them mystical abilities. It marked them as chosen and consecrated.
The anointing simply identified who belonged where.
Exodus 28:41
“And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve Me as priests.”
Notice the flow: anointing → ordaining → consecrating → serving.
The anointing places them into ministry.
Exodus 40:15
“You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood…”
The anointing admits them into priesthood. That’s positional language
Exodus 30:30
“You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.”
Again: anointing = consecration = ministry position.
1 Samuel 10:1
“Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on Saul’s head… and said, ‘Has not the Lord anointed you to be ruler over His inheritance?’”
See?— he was anointed to rule.
1 Samuel 15:1
“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel…”
Direct appointment into kingship.
1 Samuel 16:13 (David)
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers…”
This marked David as king before he ever sat on the throne.
Again: position first.
Scripture never defines anointing as power. It defines it as separation unto God. Consecration.
So Are We Anointed?
Yes! Today, we have been anointed into something far greater: a royal priesthood.
We are priests and royalty and it is IMPOSSIBLE for us to not be anointed. Every single believer is ANOINTED.
Not because oil touched our heads —but because Christ lives in us.
You Are Anointed Because Christ Is Anointed
This is the heart of it all.
Jesus is the Christ — literally meaning the Anointed One.
If Christ lives in you…Then the Anointed One lives in you.
Which means:
You are anointed because He is anointed.
If He ever stopped being anointed, then you would too.
But He never will.
So neither will you.
The Anointing Teaches and Abides
Under the New Covenant, the anointing doesn’t visit you.
It abides in you.
Scripture says plainly:
The anointing you received from Him abides in you, and teaches you all things.
That means:
- It doesn’t come and go
- It doesn’t depend on moods
- It doesn’t fluctuate with emotions
- It doesn’t increase or decrease
It lives inside you because Christ lives inside you.
The Anointing Has Not Necessarily Feeling Attached to It
One of the biggest traps in modern Christianity is chasing sensations.
People wait for tingles.
Warmth.
Goosebumps.
Emotional surges.
But Scripture never teaches that the anointing feels like anything.
Samson didn’t feel the Spirit leave. He stood up expecting everything to work like before.
There was no warning sensation.
No spiritual chill.
No inner vibration.
Why?
Because anointing isn’t a feeling. Read the hilarious incident Curry Blake and the Sudafed Anointing: A True Story.
Final Thought
The anointing is not something you activate.
It’s not something you protect.
It’s not something you wait for.
It is who you already are in Christ.
You don’t carry the anointing.
Christ carries you.
And that changes everything.
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