What does anointed really mean? People speak of anointed preaching, or anointed this or that? But what does it entail? In Mark 8:29-30 Jesus asked the disciples, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered and said to Him, ‘You are the Christ.' Christ means Messiah or anointed One. Like a king is anointed or appointed for office, so too was Jesus anointed to be king of kings. Yet his anointing entailed suffering and death. Are we willing to suffer or sacrifice our self interests so that others may live? That is the mark of a truly anointed Christian.
