ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Wednesday February 19th, 2025.
Topic :Go For Extra Oil.
Memory Verse: Matthew 25:6. “It was already midnight when the cry rang out, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come and meet him!’
Bible Reading : Matthew 25:1-3 GNB. Key Verse : v2.
“At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and the other five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any extra oil with them,
There’s a very important dimension to the second coming of Jesus Christ that we need to look at, that is the waiting period. This parable of the ten virgins as told by Jesus revolves around believers and not ordinary people outside the church. Now in the parable, these ten virgins believed therefore they waited expectantly for the return of the Master to be married to his church. They were like bridesmaids. The Bible observed through their actions that five was wise, the the remaining five was foolish. Their level of preparedness was what separated the wise from the foolish. “Five of them were foolish, and the other five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any extra oil with them,” Matthew 25:2-3.
In this kingdom race, the worst thing that can happen to anyone is a situation where one would think he had done the right things only to wake up by midnight when it has become late only to discover that his/her preparations were inadequate, and that he couldn’t borrow from any other person including their loved ones. This points to the fact that kingdom related issues are personal. To that extent, no one will be able to tap into the preparations of another to borrow or receive help. In the old testament, God commanded the children of Israeli to make sure they provided oil for Aaron to make sure the light in his temple doesn’t go off, Exodus 27:19. But in the new testament, we became the temple of God and our spirit as men became the lamp lights up or engine powers a man while the Holy Spirit carries the oil that fuels or lubricates the spirit of a man.
Now, we are to be very careful because there are no time to make mistakes and return in another life to correct such mistakes or have a second chance in this kingdom pursuits, because we have but one life to live. We have to work when it is day because night is coming, when no man can do any meaningful work. “While I am with you, it is daytime and we must do the works of God who sent me while the light shines. For there is coming a dark night when no one will be able to work. As long as I am with you my life is the light that pierces the world’s darkness.”” John 9:4-5 TPT. This is the right time to keep checking on our preparedness to make sure we have enough of the Spirit or oil whilst it is day, as we follow the master. On a very important note, we must not store our extra oil in leaking vessels. Men who stored their oil in leaking vessels, will discover at the last minute that they are in same category with the foolish virgins.
Prayer :Thank you Father God for giving me your Spirit to live by. Help me to pay attention to your Spirit, do that he can power my life. Help not to be careless in my walk with you. Thank you because by the help of your Spirit, I won’t be found wanting at your return in Jesus mighty name….. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Numbers 13:1-14:4.
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