Do You Have Oil in Your Lamp? - 32nd Sunday in OT

The question for us this Sunday morning is this: Are you prepared? Do you have oil for your lamp? Who knows what tomorrow may bring for any of us? Who knows what kind of severe test we might confront? On the other hand, who knows what door of opportunity might also open? None of us knows what tomorrow may bring. Jesus was giving us lifegiving advice when He said, “Stay awake, because you do not know the day or the hour.” Even though we may think we have everything under control, life can throw us some nasty curves. Be prepared! Of course, the most important preparation we can make concerns our relationship with God. Our Gospel is about being prepared for Christ’s return. And the only possible preparation we could make for that final day would be our spiritual readiness. Like those ominous billboards we used to see along the highways, “Are you ready to meet your Maker?” But that’s true of all of life. Our spiritual preparation will determine how we will handle the ups and downs of life, the successes and failures, the heartaches and the celebrations. Are you in training spiritually? Are you drawing closer to God each day? Don’t be foolish about life. Eternal Life comes to the man or the woman who is spritually prepared!