🕯 Day 6 – Reclaim the Oil

📖 “But the wise took oil in jars along with their lamps.” – Matthew 25:4

🔍 1. Exegetical Read

Jesus distinguishes the wise from the foolish in a single, subtle way: the wise took oil in jars along with their lamps.

This wasn’t a flashy act. It was preparation behind the scenes.

The Greek word used for “took” (labousai) indicates intentional possession—not passive reception. The wise didn’t stumble into readiness. They brought oil because they had already received it—and chosen to carry it.

Their lamps didn’t burn longer because they were better. Their lamps burned longer because they were filled.

This is not about perfection. It’s about posture. Preparedness.

🔁 2. Connection to the Week: Return to the Source

This entire week has been a slow call to return. To wake up, trim the wick, and confront what’s missing. But now, Day 6, it turns: this is not just a week of awakening—it’s a week of recovery.

Reclaiming the oil doesn’t mean faking a flame. It means returning to the Source and asking again.

It means making space again. Clearing time. Saying yes. Sitting still. It means confessing: “I let the lamp dim. I got distracted. But I want the oil again.”

And He is not reluctant to fill. He longs to fill.

💡 3. Reconciling Moment

The enemy wants you to believe it’s too late—that too much has leaked, too much time has passed. But Scripture is clear: the oil is still available to the one who asks.

This is not the end of your story—it’s the moment of return. You don’t need hype. You don’t need performance. You just need proximity.

Come back to the quiet place. Come back to the stillness. Come back to the altar. Let Him fill you again.

✍ Prompt:
Where do I need to return? What does intimacy look like for me now?