Give Me Oil In My Lamp

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.


“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit.”

God is calling us to be ready to serve at any time. God is calling us to be watching at all times for the need. God is calling us at all times to be aware of his presence.

I don’t know about you, but I find that everything I do takes some of my energy. By the time I have done everything that I need to do I have very little energy left.

Always watching, always being ready to act, this could take up all of my energy all by itself. How am I, how are we, supposed to find the energy to do this and to do everything else we have to do? It’s hard enough to find the energy to plan some time for God each day, but God is asking us to devote all of our time to him, or at least to be ready to jump in when needed and be aware enough to notice the need.

I just don’t have the energy to do that.


“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”


God wants us to do this. God wants us to notice when he is acting in our lives. God must have given us some way to do this. But how?


I think we need help. When we need help from God, what do we do?


Yes – we pray!


I think I know just the right prayer for to ask God to help us stay vigilant. It is a song called “Give me oil in my lamp.” I’m going to sing the verse to you first, then we will all repeat it. I’ll do the same for the refrain. Then we will sing the whole thing over a few times.


Teach:

Give me oil in my lamp,
Keep me burnin’, burnin’, burnin’
Give me oil in my lamp I pray – Halelujah
Give me oil in my lamp,
Keep me burnin’, burnin’, burnin’,
Keep me burnin’ ‘til the end of day.

Sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna to the King of kings,
Sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna to the King

Amen.