Let’s read Isaiah 61, “The Spirit of the
Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news
to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom
for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the
year of the Lord’s favour”. Here it says “anointed me”, mentioning what is used
to anoint people, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord which is on Jesus.
The anointing is about how the Holy Spirit can work on people, and the ability
of people to use their gifts.
When Levites in the Old Testament built the
temple, they took the anointing oil and anointed all the containers to
consecrate them. Consecration is to make these items to be used by the Lord,
and the Lord only. They would not belong to others, not to idols, nor the
world, nor human beings, but only used by God. This is also anointing, using
oil to anoint. The second meaning of anointing is that the Holy Spirit anoints
to sanctify people, so that they can be consecrated. This is another
definition of anointing. The anointing is invisible and intangible, but it can
be known. It comes from the Spirit of God. When the anointing is on the person,
the person's ministering has power.

It’s
really the leading of the Lord that I can personally join in Omega Ministry. I
was originally in an evangelical church which is so conventional. The teachings
about listening to God’s voice, the Holy Spirit, the work of the Holy Spirit,
dreams and visions are so rare in that church. Yet I sometimes have dreams which
are quite unusual. These dreams seem to remind me something, but I can’t
understand them. Especially I used to frequently dream about a couple who goes
to my church, yet I can’t understand what it means.