Rivers Of Oil

Friday, September 4, 2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, open my heart and mind, Holy Spirit. Fill my consciousness and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: 1 John 1:8–9

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the 

truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all 

unrighteousness.

Verse of the day—Isaiah 48:17 This is what the Lord says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I AM the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."

Today’s reading: Psalm 143-145 1 Corinthians 14:21-40 

Rivers of Oil

Micah 6:7- “Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil...for my transgression...”

Shall we bring rivers of oil? Oil is expendable and not renewable. Rivers of oil will never solve the problem of sin guilt. God made the oil-He owns it-He does not 'want it back'-it is His.

Sin guilt can never be taken away with anything in creation. We need to understand this. God made it all. All of creation is substance. Substance will not do it.

God planned the payment for our sins and it was the sacrifice of the perfect lamb-Christ. What human-kind does with this certainty is a choice of free-will.

The human race has burned up one trillion barrels of oil in all of history. There are an estimated 3 trillion barrels in the Green River shale deposits of Colorado, alone.

There are rivers of oil and all of it is not worth one drop of the blood that Jesus shed on the cross for our sins. But, there are rivers of living water.

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Proverbs 14:27 ►The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.

Rivers of oil or rivers of living water from the fountain of life-one you can touch, own, trade, buy and sell or burn-the other is untouchable-but it is eternal and never-ending joy and life.

John 20:31 ►But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

There are no rivers of oil in Heaven...

...but eternal living water...Revelation 22:1-”Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb “

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

May Your praise come from deep in my heart. Teach me to trust You for the good in my life-all of it. Lead me away from evil.

Merciful and kind God of faithfulness.

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen