Feathers 5/29 Thursday Thoughts

You must seek to have the mind of God on all things.  If you don't, you will stop His working.  I had to learn that as I was on the water en route to Australia.  We stopped at a place called Aden, where they were selling all kinds of ware.  Among other things were some... ostrich feathers in great quantities.  There was a gentleman in "first class" who wanted feathers...  He did not want so many.  He said to me, "Will you join me?"  I knew I did not want feathers... However, he pleaded with me to join him.  I perceived it was the Spirit as clearly as anything and I said, "Yes, I will." ... Then I found the man had no money on him.  He had plenty in his cabin.  I perceived it was the Spirit again, so it fell to my lot to pay for the feathers...  The man came and brought the money.  I said, "God wants me to talk to you.  Now sit down."  So he sat down and in ten minutes' time the whole of his life was unhinged, unraveled, broken up, so broken that like a big baby he wept and cried for salvation.  It was "feathers" that did it.  But you know we shall never know the mind of God till we learn to know the voice of God.
-- Smith Wigglesworth