Hi pastor John,
I have been thinking about the parable of the 5 wise and the 5 foolish virgins that you and Anna and Amy and I read about last night. I was thinking about the oil and what the oil was for. The oil was for light so that they could see, and if they ran out, they could not see. What I was thinking about was that when the bridegroom tarried, the foolish ran out. They had no light because they had no oil to put in their lamps, while the wise did because they took extra in another vessel with their lamps. And when the foolish asked the wise to give them some of their oil for their lamps, the wise told them to go to them that sell and buy for yourselves.
John, I was thinking about how the wise sent the foolish to a “who” to get some oil. They did not tell them to go make your own oil and fill your lamps. They were sent to a somebody to get oil for their lamps, and they got it, and came back (even thought by then it was too late for them). John I was thinking of how much it means to have a somebody to get some oil from, and the oil is for our light so we can see what is going on around us and stay out of things that rob us of our oil or we can run out because we don’t have enough. Not only do we have oil for our lamps, we have extra oil so we can be wise virgins and not foolish ones. If we stay around the “who” that God has chosen for us, we will have all the oil we need, even if the bridegroom tarries; we will have the extra oil for our lamps.
Thank you for being there John.
Stuart