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Give Me Oil in My Lamp, March 30
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 4:6
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We need not think that because we are only a tiny light, that we need not
be particular about shining. The great value of our light lies in its consistency
in shining amid the moral darkness of the world, in shining not to please
ourselves and glorify ourselves, but to honor God with all there is of us. If
we are doing service for God, and our work is corresponding with the ability
God has given us, that is all He expects of us....
We know that the lamps which give us light have no light in themselves.
They cannot fill themselves. So the holy appointed ones must empty the
golden oil into the golden tubes. And the heavenly fire, when applied, makes
them burning and shining lights. Our hearts cannot reflect light until there is
a vital connection with heaven. This alone can make them burn steadily with
holy, unselfish love for Jesus, and for all who are the purchase of His blood.
And unless we are constantly replenished with the golden oil, the flame will
die out. Unless the love of God is an abiding principle in our hearts, our light
will go out....
Satan and his confederate angels point to those who profess to be children
of God, but who by their disposition and actions show that they are after the
similitude of the apostate, and taunt Christ and the heavenly angels. How
long shall we thus crucify the Son of God afresh, so that God is ashamed
to call us His sons and daughters? Is it not time that we put away childish
things? Shall we be of the number who are ever learning, yet never able to
come to a knowledge of the truth?
It is the golden oil that the heavenly messengers empty into the golden
tubes, to be conducted into the golden bowl, that creates a continuous, bright
and shining light. It is the love of God continually transferred to the human
agent that keeps him a bright and shining light for God. Then he can commu-
nicate light and truth to all who are in darkness and error and sin. The golden
oil is not manufactured by any human skill. It is the unseen power of the holy
messengers who wait before the throne of God to communicate to everyone
who is in darkness that they may diffuse heaven’s light. Into the hearts of
those united to God by faith, His golden oil of love flows freely.—
Manuscript
27, March 30, 1897
, “The Church a Repository of Truth.”
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