Stuck in a Rut 7/14 Thursday thoughts

For some years I was associated with (name of a British denomination).  They are very strong on the Word, and are sound on water baptism, and they do not neglect the breaking of bread service, but have it every Lord's day morning as they had it in the early church.  These people seem to have everything except the match.  They have the wood, but they need the fire and they would be all ablaze.  Because they lack the fire of the Holy Spirit, there is no life in their meetings.  One young man who attended their meetings received the baptism with the speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance.  The brethren were very upset about this and came to the father and said to him, "You must take your son aside and tell him to cease."  They did not want any disturbance.  The father told the son and said, "My boy, I have been attending this church for twenty years and have never seen anything of this kind.  We are established in the truth and do not want anything new.  We won't have it."  The son replied, "If that is God's plan I will obey, but somehow or other I don't think it is."  As they were going home the horse stood still, the wheels were in deep ruts.  The father pulled at the reins but the horse did not move.  He asked, "What do you think is up?"  The son answered, "It has got established."  God save us from becoming stationary.                  (to be continued)

           -- Smith Wigglesworth