AN ABUNDANCE OF OIL
As I look and see and discern the times and seasons, it appears to me that the season Jesus spoke of is at hand.
Matthew 24:3-14 (AMPC) is essential reading. I will focus on verses 3-6.
While He (Jesus) was seated on the Mount Of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately and said , Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and the end (the completion , the consummation) of the age?
Jesus answered them. Be careful that no one misleads you (deceiving you and leading you into error.)
For many will come in ( on the strength of ) My name { appropriating the name which belongs to Me }, saying I am the Christ (the Messiah), and they will lead many astray.
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
These prophetic words of wisdom are to be headed by every disciple of Jesus. We are called to be like the sons of Isacchar and discern our times and seasons. Not get our perspective from the world's point of view. Ecclesiastes 3 is a guide to the seasons of God ( His time for every matter or purpose under heaven). 3:8 clearly states there is a time for war.
Disciples of Christ are in the world, but not of it. ( John 17:16) . We are sheep in His pasture. Therefore, we are to live Holy Spirit led lives. (John 10:27) “The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me.”
Do you notice the pattern and call to intimate personal fellowship? The disciples came to Jesus privately. Jesus said, “I know them.” This is the same word in Hebrew, yada, representing experiential, deep relational knowledge, often used for marital intimacy. This is not intellectual awareness.
This wisdom is teaching us not to be led astray. Being led into fear is being led out of God’s will and into bondage. Do you rely on the news, talk shows, the media, social media posts and opinions of others to form your opinion? Are the unGodly voices leading you astray? Are you like Adam and Eve in the garden, listening to snakes rather than having that intimate fellowship with God?
Did you inquire of The Lord about this season? Do you follow God’s word and instructions to pray for those in leadership or do you just watch a news story and have your opinion given to you?
1 Timothy 2:1-2 tells Believers to not only intercede, but give thanks to God for our leaders and all in authority so that we can live a quiet, godly, peaceful life. This is regardless of our personal opinions or agreement with them. Are you murmuring and complaining against leadership like Miriam and the Israelites in the wilderness or are you trusting God?
God is asking the same question of His Beloved today, as He did of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden….”Who told you that you were naked?” In other words, “Whose voice have you been listening to other than mine?”
So as the report of the world is that there is currently a war going on over oil, I tend to agree. But I agree with what The Holy Spirit has revealed to me - revealed to me, through our time of intimacy.
Knowing that oil is a representation of The Holy Spirit is key. See Psalm 89:20, Luke 4:18, 1 John 2:20 AMPC
Knowing God gave us a promise of this precious Oil, The 3rd person of the Trinity, The Holy Spirit, is also key. (John 14:15-17 ) “If you really love Me, you will keep and obey My commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby, that He may remain with you forever-
The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive or welcome into its heart, because it does not know or recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you constantly and will be in you.”
2 Corinthians 2:12-16 “Now we have not received the spirit that belongs to the world, but the Holy Spirit Who is from God, given to us that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts of divine favor and blessing so freely given to us by God.
And we are setting these truths forth is words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths, with spiritual language to those who possess the Holy Spirit.
But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gift and teachings and revelations of the Holy Spirit of God, for they are nonsense to him, and he is incapable of knowing them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated.
But the spiritual man discerns all things. For who has known the mind, the counsels, the purposes of the Lord so as to guide and instruct and give him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ and do hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart.”
As we who have the Oil of Joy and Gladness, the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 1:8-9), we discern and recognize that the season of Acts 2:17 and Joel 2:28 is upon us.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, tell forth the divine counsels and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream divinely suggested dreams.”
What a mighty and loving God that has supplied us abundantly with the Oil we need for such a time as this.
Finally, let us examine what we are to do with this Oil, this most precious Holy Spirit. Matthew 25:1-13 is often referred to as the parable of the 10 Virgins. I see it as the teaching on the importance of the Oil, the Holy Spirit.
You read it for yourself. I will summarize what the Holy Spirit showed me about this teaching.
Don't be found unwise and foolish, thinking that when the Bridegroom ( Jesus ) returns for the marriage supper of The Lamb, that you are prepared with no Oil (Holy Spirit) in your lamp. Scripture tells us that Gods Word is a lamp that lights our path. (Psalm 119:105) Without the Oil of the Holy Spirit, we can easily be led astray into deceptions of religion, traditions of men, and not rightly discerning the Word of God - Led astray to walking in the flesh, following the spirit of the world (anti christ/ satan).
Jesus begins with explaining that this teaching is about entering into God’s Kingdom and out of the kingdoms of this world. He begins with “The Kingdom of God is like…” How do we obtain what Jesus taught His disciples to pray…. “ Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth, as it is in heaven?” By keeping Oil in our lamps. By maintaining an intimate personal relationship with God through fellowship with Jesus, by spending time in His Word , praying, fasting, yielding to and being completely Holy Spirit led.
The unwise virgin showed up with no Oil, and tried to obtain entrance into the marriage supper by borrowing Oil from those who were prepared. But they soon found out they needed to have their own Oil, their own lamps. And sadly, once the door of opportunity, the season to obtain this Oil was over, the door to enter in was closed. When the unwise came knocking at the door begging, “Lord Lord, open the door for us!” His response was solemn and true…… “ I solemnly declare to you , I do not know you, I AM, not acquainted with you . (We had no intimate fellowship. You were not Holy Spirit led. You followed after the spirit of the world. Why do you call Me Lord? You never yielded to Me. )
This warning was given again in Matthew 7:21-23 AMPC “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in Your Name and driven out demons, in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name?’
And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you: depart from Me, you who act wickedly, (disregarding My commands).”
Disregarding God’s instructions, failing to have intimate fellowship with Him through Christ Jesus and failing to be Holy Spirit led is equivalent to having no oil in your lamps. It does not matter to God how long you have been going to church, how many bible studies and prayer meetings and works you have done in His name. He either knows you as His own, or He does not.
There is enough oil for everyone. Everyone. Some say that this oil is free. It is freely given, but it will cost you everything to receive it.
IN 2026 OBEDIENCE IS THE KEY TO OPEN DOORS
In the early morning hours of 01/01 2026, I heard The Lord whisper “Leviticus 26”.
I encourage you to steal away and focus on the highlight of this chapter of scripture and see what stands out to you. Lean in close to the Father’s heart, dearly Beloved, and hear what He has to say. What is it that He wants to convey? These are the steps of obedience that jumped out to me that day.
Get rid of every idol. People, places, things. Ask The Holy Spirit to reveal them. Oh, what freedom this will bring.
Keep My Sabbath Holy. Find daily rest in the finished works of the cross. Let your surrender and “Yes Lord” be sincere. Your heart must be full of reverential fear.
“IF”, and only “IF”, you keep my commandments, not religion, man made traditions, but My new covenant commandment of love.
“THEN”, I will rain down My Holy Spirit from above. You will produce the good fruits of The Spirit by My compassionate love.
You will be safe and secure and lie down in peaceful rest. Psalm 91 describes it best.
What will cause your enemies to flee? They will fall by the mighty sword of My Words that you speak with My authority.
But you must walk in the fellowship of unity, teamwork, and harmony.
Intimacy and face to face encounters with Me will open doors of abundance and increase; covenant blessings will abound
New beginnings,the operation of miracles, signs and wonders will be found
You abide in Me and I in you, to rule and reign in Jesus’ Name , crying “Abba Father,” Your sonship is true
Walking in my freedom and deliverance, just as I have called you to do.
I departed the “Holy City” Charleston , SC. on 1/03/26. The early afternoon sky held confirmation of the assignment of visitation and intercession being complete and successful. A door, a portal opened, like Jacob's ladder. Partnering with God's angelic host, to do His bidding. Surrounded by His covenant promises , like a ribbon in the sky of His Love.
See The Picture in EYES TO SEE.
The Great Return to The Father’s House
We have entered into a time, a season, where many prayers for prodigals and lost sheep are being answered. Those prayers might not be answered in the way we thought they would or should have been. God's ways are not our ways. (Isaiah 55:8-9) We have His promises and His covenant to us who believe and trust in His Word to stand upon. Proverbs 11:21 clearly states that the seed of the righteous shall be saved or set free. It is Jesus who sets the captives free. (John 8:36)
God has compassion for the lost , the afflicted, those bound, those addicted. The tormented, the traumatized, the mentally ill. Those led astray and deceived. He loves them still. John 14:2 reminds us that in The Father’s House there are many rooms. Not just room for perfect people. Not just room for certain denominations or particular Nations. Jesus came because God loved the world, the unloveable. Unconditionally He loves. There is room for everyone, for every prodigal to return to The Father’s House.
In Matthew 20:1-16 we find Jesus teaching His disciples about His Kingdom. What a generous and good God that grants the same entrance into His Kingdom to those who came to Him first and those who came to Him last. For God does not judge as man does. God looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)
Jesus offers a place in His Kingdom to every sinner, even in their final hours and moments here on earth. Luke 23:43 highlights the magnitude of the compassion and mercy Jesus extends to His beloved. To the guilty thief on the cross, in the midst of His own anguish and suffering, Jesus offers this promise of forgiveness and acceptance. “Truly, I tell you today you shall be with Me In paradise.”
Paradise. Free from all guilt and shame. Free from all hurt and pain. To be absent from the body, is to be present with The Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8)
If you have been praying for a prodigal and they have returned to The Father’s House, do not mourn as those without hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13) The Good Shepherd always leaves the 99 to go after the one lost sheep. ( Luke 15:4)
Never let the whispering lies of the enemy tell you that a life was wasted.
It is often through the lives of these prodigals that God teaches how to intercede for others and the compassion of Christ is able to flow through us. (Ephesians 4:32) Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God has forgiven you. Never hold resentment, bitterness, or unforgiveness in your heart towards God for seemingly not answering your prayers in the time or the way that you expected. Forgive the ones that you are praying for . (Ecclesiastes 3:11) He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time, He has also planted eternity , a sense of divine purpose, in the human heart, a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy , except God.- yet man can not comprehend what God has done, His overall plan from the beginning to the end.
Never let the enemy tell you that your prayers went unanswered or were wasted .. ( Jeremiah 1:5) Before I formed you in your mothers womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. (Proverbs 15:29 ) God is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayers of the righteous , (John 14:13) And I will do whatever you ask for in My name, this I will do so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son.
Never give up on anyone or God. Always thank God for their life and the time you had with them here on earth. Remember the good times and the goodness of God. (Psalm 107:1) Thank God, for He is good, and His steadfast love and mercy endures forever. (Thessalonians 5:18) Give thanks in all circumstances , for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Allow the Prince of Peace to minister comfort and joy to you. We are promised in Isaiah 61:3 that He will give you beauty for ashes, joy for mourning , and a garment of praise to replace a spirit of heaviness and despair. (Philippians 4:8-9) Believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is anything excellent, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Whatever you have seen and received, and learned and heard in Me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. (Isaiah 26:3) I will keep you in perfect peace when your mind is stayed on Me and you trust Me.