The Holy Ghost, coming upon an individual, is capable of changing him, and fertilizing his spiritual life, and filling him with such power, and grace, that he may not be able to say what could not happen. What can happen, what is possible, if we reach this place and keep in it -- abide in it?
Some people have an idea that they have to be doing something. I beseech you, by the power of the Holy Ghost today, that you see that there is one thing only that is going to accomplish the purposes of God and that is being in the Spirit. I don't care how dry the land is, I don't care how thirsty the land is, or how many vessels or how few, that are round about, I beseech you in the name of Jesus, that you keep in the Spirit. That's the secret.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
I think what Wigglesworth is saying here is that we don't have to be always trying to "do" something for the Lord; we just need to "be" for the Lord. When you "be" for the Lord, He will use you in unexpected ways that may be more effective than when you "try to do" something, especially if you are "doing" it in your own power. I think what he is further saying is that, even when we feel spiritually dry, or when we are getting no results, that we keep "walking with God," not slacking up in our devotional life or spiritual life, and not letting our faith waver. I would say that "being in the Spirit" also entails being baptized in the Holy Spirit with tongues, by which God often gives us direction beyond our natural wisdom.
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