Dream 2 – Monday, March 22: This bride was all dressed up in a wedding saree waiting at the entrance (that looked like the front of a hotel) and a car was waiting at the curb.  She was sitting on a bench and looked almost lifeless. Her mother and sister were standing beside her.  I asked them why they were not taking her to the car since they got her all dressed up and ready.  Together the three of us carried the bride to the back seat of the car.

An unprepared bride is a worn out bride (Matthew 25:1-13)

In the parable of the Ten Virgins, the foolish 5 were ready and had their lamps but did not take extra oil with them.  They only had whatever the lamp was able to hold.  The bridegroom took longer than expected.  At the midnight call to meet him they woke up and trimmed their lamps but were running low on oil.  The foolish ones said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.”

Are we running out of oil because we are not prepared and the bridegroom is taking too long to come?   Are we like the bride who is dressed and ready but has no life, no joy, no strength to walk into her destiny?   Are we worn out, burnt out because we are relying on self, family and others instead of depending on the Holy Spirit?  Being born into a Christian family, following tradition or going to church is like arranged marriage (saree representing culture of arranged marriage).  The Bride of Christ is the one who has a vibrant personal relationship with Jesus.  Oil represents the Holy Spirit that gives us the power to keep our lamp lit.

Dear Bride of Christ, let us pray for a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit to fill us so we will be prepared and have the power to walk into our destiny.