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Jesus told a parable of the wise and foolish
virgins: "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who
took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise,
and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil
with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
Why didn't the foolish virgins put oil in their
vessels? Maybe because they thought thy could always get from the other five.
There are people like that in life; always leaving things to chance; always
living carelessly; always assuming; never seeing beyond the end of their noses;
always wanting to depend on others; never taking responsibility for their lives!
The foolish virgins had enough time and money to
get oil before the bridegroom arrived! But instead of taking action, they
slumbered and slept along with the wise virgins; as if all was well. They left
everything till the very last minute. And they paid dearly for it. They were
locked out.
The story of the foolish is an example of how not
to live your life. Have a vision; take action; don't procrastinate; stop
depending on people for everything; have understanding; plan; save; stop
assuming that someone else will come to your aid; and stop sleeping while you
should be doing something about your God given goals and assignments.
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Thanks. Something that has really spoken to me in today's devotional is to take responsibility and not to leave things to chance, or till the last minute. By God's grace I will work on it. God bless
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