The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.

To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.

Vain, empty, profitless. Mátaios. What is vain cannot satisfy, and Israel was warned not to follow idols that are empty of life. Do not give your devotion to what cannot give back.

Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.

To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.

Still, yet, even more. Éti. The word carries both time and degree — there is still time, and there is still more. While breath remains, neither grace nor opportunity has run out. Do not stop short.