Give Me Oil in My Lamp!

Matthew 25:6-12
6"At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
7"Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'
9" 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'
10"But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11"Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!'
12"But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I don't know you.'

Have you ever read this parable of the Kingdom and pondered the question,"What is this oil that some had in abundance and some ran out of?"

The Holy Spirit has really been speaking to me about this. I believe there is another Scripture passage that refers to this very same "oil." It is found in Matthew 25:29: “For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

I believe the "oil" that Yeshua wants us to be filled with is relationship with Him: time spent with Him and in His Word. There was a reason that five virgins had enough oil in their lamps and extra to re-fill them at the midnight hour! They had been walking and talking with the Master for a long time; studying His Word, marking it and inwardly digesting it. His Word had been their food - their oil - for a long time. They had been in communication (prayer) with Him on a daily basis - not just when they needed something! They knew how to sit quietly in His Presence, and listen for His Voice. Their worship was undoubtedly passionate and abandoned, not a one-hour-a-week ritual or obligation.

Those who are filled with this kind of oil cannot possibly "sell it" or provide it to anyone else. You cannot give someone the relationship that you have personally cultivated with your Master! That is why, when the five virgins who ran out of oil begged the others to give them some, they could not. And there was no time left to begin reading the Word and walking with the Lord when He returned. What little they had ran out, and they were not allowed to enter into the Kingdom.

Everyone who has an abundant, living, breathing, active relationship with Messiah Yeshua and His Ruach (Holy Spirit) will receive even more at His return! "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, but then we shall see face-to-face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known!" (1 Cor. 13:12) That explains how those who have will receive more, in abundance. We shall know Him and we shall be known by Him.

The Hebrew word for know in this sense is yadah. The real meaning of the word is used in biblical phrases like, "Adam knew his wife." It is an intimacy as in the relationship of a marriage! When the Bridegroom returns, He seeks those whose lamps are full of oil - those who know Him and are known by Him - and they will receive even more. But for those who do not have this oil, even what they have will be taken away.