Healing 6/16 Thursday thoughts

I was introduced to a young man who lay helpless, and for whom there was no hope.  The doctor had been to see him that morning and had declared that he would not live through the day.  . . .

I said to these people, "I believe your son will rise today."  They only laughed.  People do not expect to see signs and wonders today as the disciples saw them of old.  Has God changed?  Or has our faith waned so that we are not expecting the greater works that Jesus promised?  . . .

At last I persuaded the parents to bring the boy's clothes and lay them on the bed.  From the natural viewpoint, the young man lay dying.  I spoke to the afflicted one, "God has revealed to me that, as I lay my hands upon you, the place will be filled with the Holy Ghost, the bed will be shaken, you will be shaken and thrown out of bed by the power of the Holy Ghost, you will dress yourself and be strong."  I said this to him in faith. I laid hands on him in the name of Jesus and instantly the power of God fell and filled the place.  I felt helpless and fell flat on the floor.  I knew nothing except that a short while after the place was shaken (as in Acts 4, from which Wigglesworth was preaching), I heard the young man walking over me and saying, "For Thy glory, Lord!  For Thy glory, Lord!"

He dressed himself and cried, "God has healed me."  The father fell, the mother fell, and another who was present fell also.  God manifest His power that day in saving the whole household and healing the young man.  It is the power of the risen Christ we need.  That young man is today preaching the Gospel.

        -- Smith Wigglesworth