Golden Oil

Zechariah 4:

3b: And there are two olive trees beside it,

12: What are the two olive branches that are the by the side of the two golden spouts, which empty the gold from themselves?

The churches are the golden lampstands, and the function of the golden lampstand is to shine forth as the testimony of Jesus to the world. In the old testament the golden lampstand in the holy of holies was to give light and the lamps should be burning all the time with the oil. And the function of the high priest was to trim the charred wick and fill the lamps with oil for the lampstand to burn brightly and illuminate the holy of holies. 

Today, we, the churches as the golden lampstands must ever shine in our localities as the many expressions of the one unique universal Body of Christ. However, the lampstand to ever shine, there must be two things happening regularly:

1. Trim the wick: To deal with our hearts, basically our conscience before God every day; to be deal with anything that does not conform with God's divine life and holy nature; by confession, application of the precious blood of Christ (1 John 1:7,9).
2. Fill the lamps: To contact the Lord everyday, spend time with Him to be infused with Him and be filled with the golden oil as the source for the lamps to burn.

The functions of the two olive trees, the two olive branches, are the means for the supply of the golden lampstand with the golden oil. Here the "gold" and the "oil" are used synonymously. For, the gold is God Himself and the oil is the Spirit who is the consummation of the processed God. Where there is gold, there is oil and vice versa. And this golden oil must be emptied to fill the golden lampstand; and be filled again. Signifying the need for us to be filled with the Spirit of God everyday and be poured out to supply the saints in the church for the shining testimony of Jesus. This is the meaning of our Christian life in the church life; to be filled with the Spirit and to supply the church with the Spirit.

There must be the lampstand and there must also be the oil. The oil without the lampstand is incomplete, likewise, the lampstand without the oil is incomplete too. Our Christian life without the church life is baseless; content without the container, and is incomplete and the church without Christians being filled in the Spirit is also empty; container without the content and also is incomplete. The two are equally important; Christ and the church; a Christian life in the church life. This is God's purpose and the meaning of our human life.

This is what the Lord spoke to us in the church today, and also the burden deep within each one of us. Lord, make me sons of olive oil to supply the lampstand; fill me with Your Spirit every day of the church life.