Spiritual Maintenance
Anything that moves must be maintained! I don’t care how you looks at it, if an object moves, it must be maintained. This is why we change the oil and check the fluids in our vehicles. On a typical engine, the moving parts are some type of metal. The metal has some type of fluid flowing over it to keep it from breaking down. The fluid has a viscosity property which enables it to resist the force that would cause a breakdown.
Christians must maintain the faith to prevent spiritual breakdown. If a spiritual breakdown takes place we began to;
Lose power
Get sluggish
Sound terrible
Lose value to the kingdom
Stop working for the Lord altogether
For vehicles, we change the oil and top off the fluids. For Christians we must keep a little oil in our vessels and our lamps trembling and burning.
Matthew 25:3-4 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.