[Songs in the Night - April 4]
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil. Matthew 25:8
NONE can get too much of this Holy Spirit, none
can secure an oversupply for his own use so that he
could supply others from his abundance.
The Bridegroom
has made in advance abundant provision by
which all those who are invited to go in with him to
the marriage may be properly equipped, not only with
robes and lamps, but also with the oil; and if any are
careless in the procurement of the oil, they thus indicate
their unfitness to be of the class who are to enter
with the Bridegroom before the door is shut.
This is the essence of the Lord's instruction by this parable—that those who hope to enter into the kingdom and
share its glories with him must expect to make preparation
in advance.
If they wait until the moment for
the door to close, however willing they may be, however
anxious, they will not be prepared—the preparation
requires time, patience, care. Z'06-314 R3868:5 (Hymn 230)