Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning

            Wake up sleepy Christians, because there is an apocalypse coming for the spiritually blind! Don’t you know the story about the 10 virgins? Five of the virgins were wise, and five of the virgins were foolish.

The foolish virgins were distracted by the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, the lusts of the flesh, and the pleasures of this world. They thought: I have time; my Master is not coming for a while.

One night, at the midnight hour, a cry rang out: “The Bridegroom is coming!”

The foolish virgins panicked and said to the wise virgins: “We are unprepared! Please give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out!”

Since the foolish virgins didn’t have enough oil to keep their lamps burning, they had to go find some. On account of their foolishness, they missed the wedding procession. Later, when they came to the wedding banquet, they knocked on the door. “Lord, Lord,” they cried, “open the door for us!”

But the Lord replied, “The wedding banquet is indeed ready! However, out of those who were invited, many have been found unworthy. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. You have said, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ Yet you don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I advised you to buy pure gold from me, so that you would have true riches! I advised you to buy white garments from me, so that you would not be ashamed of your nakedness. I also advised you to buy ointment for your eyes, so that you would be able to see. However, in your lukewarmness, you refused to listen. I gave you My word as a lamp for your feet, yet you chose to be willfully blind. You thought it unworthy to pay attention to the signs of the times, so you went on your merry way. You were supposed to keep watch, because you didn’t know the day or the hour I would come. My sheep hear My voice and follow Me, yet you did not follow Me—you did not follow Me in My wedding procession. You came late, and you are not wearing the proper wedding garments. You have been weighed on the scales, and are found wanting. You wicked, lazy servants, I will toss you out; I will spit you out of My mouth!”

James 4:4 “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”

Matthew 16:24-25 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will find it.’”

 Maybe you should throw your hopes, dreams, goals, plans, and ambitions at the feet of Jesus, and look up, for your redemption draws near! “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.” I have made parallels to various Biblical parables in the hope that you will somehow wake up. But I am not holding my breath! The moral of the story is this: always be watching and waiting! “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

Taken on: January 4, 2023

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