President Kimball - “This was not selfishness or unkindness.
The kind of oil that is needed to illuminate the way and light up the darkness
is not shareable. How can one share obedience to the principle of tithing; a
mind at peace from righteous living; an accumulation of knowledge? How can one
share faith or testimony? How can one share attitudes or chastity, or the
experience of a mission? How can one share temple privileges? Each must obtain
that kind of oil for himself. …
“In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. In our
lives the oil of preparedness is accumulated drop by drop in righteous living.
… Each act of dedication and obedience is a drop added to our store” (Faith
Precedes the Miracle [1972], 255–56).
