The parable of the ten virgins, five wise and five foolish, we all know it – Matthew 25:1-13. I was really asking myself today, what do I have that is not seen, where is my oil that only God knows of, that will be revealed only at his coming. I have many visible services, visible traits of Christianity, verbal expressions of it, this blog being an example. But do I have any hidden oil? Do I have even one thing that my right hand does that my left doesn’t know?
Bishop Paul was talking alot about not standing in the queue – getting out of line and standing against the wind for God. He was saying dont do what is comfortable, what everyone else does, the standard ABC, but rather get out of line and stand against satan by the power of our Lord. I cant see the whole picture now, but I know that God has something great planned for each one of us, something that will glorify His name. I’m willing to bet that for most, it won’t be something visible, and that it will cost more then our currently high gas prices – but that we will joyfully pay for it and find that its worth every drop.
