Leviticus 24:2. “Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.” PERPETUAL LIGHT. There is a work to do for God that I can do with skill. When I am preparing pure olive oil; I do this work with will. This may not seem like the greatest thing as this cup of oil I fill; But filling this is a part of God’s plan; I feel deep within my soul.
It is not with a sense pride I work, but with awareness of an honor; God has allowed me to bless His name with the labor of each and every hour. I may not enter the holy place and fill the lamp with oil;
But I can make that smokeless oil that lights that place so holy.
I will bring to the sanctuary outside the veil the work of these two hands. Here I will give unto another, the oil that God demands. The testimony of my love for God comes from this simple man; I know my work will light the dark that covers over this land.
Darkness is on every side as people look for pleasure. But light has come, the Spirit’s here, given without measure. The oil of olive that He makes come, is to me a priceless treasure. The darkness flees when the light shines through, across this Christ-less desert.
The Lord Himself is the Golden Lamp, on which this oil is placed. He is what to the eye is seen when we look upon His face. But to be able to see, there must be light which to the Spirit we can trace. And before that happened, there was an earthen cup in which the oil was made.
The Spirit moves the heart of this man, to want to please my God. I take the fruit of the olive tree; the truths from God’s own Word; And beat it carefully and strain, until clear, like a musical cord There comes from the Spirit, the purest light which displays my glorious Lord.
“O Holy God, I know I am placed in the plan of things, just where Thou dost want me to be. I am thankful to be able to be a worshiper as a priest. But yet, there is a deep satisfaction too, when I am able to get from the fruit that Thou hast made grow, a clear presentation of divine things that relate to the Holy Spirit and His great work. When I read and meditate; please help me to beat the truths that are needed from Thy Word, and then to strain out any impurities that might come from my preconceived ideas – that light may shine by Thy Spirit, on the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”