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You anoint my head with oil.  Psalm 23:5 

In the Old Testament, Priests and Kings were anointed to be set apart to in service to God.  Oil is a symbol for joy and for the Holy Spirit.  In the New Testament, every believer is a priest to God.  We are to worship and proclaim.  We are to be in relationship to Christ intimately and proclaiming the Gospel to the world intentionally.  Who is adequate for these things?

Believers are to be anointed with the Holy Spirit which sets us apart for service for the Lord.   For, Jesus said, ... " apart from Me you can do nothing.  Jesus, John 15:5

I wonder how many of us (including me) really believe this?  We are not adequate in ourselves to  accomplish anything that will have everlasting fruit.  But God is our adequacy and He makes us adequate as servants of the New Covenant.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves but our adequacy is from God who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter of the Law, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life, 2 Corinthians 3:5-6.

Without God’s anointing our lives we are merely going through religious motions.  We are shooting blanks.  We are kidding ourselves.  We are not adequate for the eternal work God has called us to.  We need His blessing, His face to shine on us, His peace to govern us and His Spirit to anoint us!

May He anoint your head . . .  and may it flow all the way down to your feet - Psalm 133:2