Purpose of the Holy Ghost 8/29 Friday Faith

I realize that when the Holy Ghost comes, He comes to enable us to show forth Jesus Christ in all His glory, to make Him known as the One who heals today as in the days of old.  The baptism in the Spirit is to enable us to preach as they did at the beginning, through the power of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven and with the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit.  Oh, if we would only let the Lord work in us, melting us until a new order arises, moved with His compassion!

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Given Authority 8/28 Thursday Thoughts

I was traveling from Egypt to Italy.  God was wonderfully on that ship with me, and every hour I was conscious of His blessed presence.  A man on the ship suddenly collapsed and his wife was terribly alarmed, and everyone else seemed to be.  Some said that he was about to expire.  But I saw it was just a glorious opportunity for the power of God to be manifested...

So right there on board that ship, in the name of Jesus I rebuked the devil, and to the astonishment of the man's wife and the man himself, he was able to stand.  He said, "What is this?  It is going all over me.  I have never felt anything like this before."  From the top of his head to the soles of his feet the power of God shook him.  God has given us authority over all the power of the devil.  Oh, that we may live in the place were we realize this always!

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Just the Same 8/27 Wednesday Wisdom

On the day of Pentecost He sent the power, and the remainder of the Acts of the Apostles tells of the witnessing of these Spirit-filled disciples, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.  The Lord Jesus is just the same today.  The anointing is just the same.  The Pentecostal experience is just the same, and we are to look for like results as set forth in Luke's record [in Acts] of what happened in the days of the early church.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Hold On 8/26 Tuesday Truth

Sometimes we are tempted to think that He has left us.  Oh, no.  He has promised never to leave us, and He will not fail.  Jacob held on until the blessing came.  We can do the same.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Exceeding Abundantly 8/25 Monday Meditation

But there is a place of holiness, a place of meekness, a place of faith, where you can call to God, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me" (Genesis 32:26).  And in response He will bless you exceeding abundantly above all you ask or think. 
-- Smith Wigglesworth

A Disappointment to God? 8/22 Friday Faith

Can you hold on to God as did Jacob?  You certainly can if you are sincere, if you are dependent, if you are broken, if you are weak.  It is when you are weak that you are strong (2 Corinthians 12:10).  But if you are self-righteous, if you are proud, if you are highminded, if you are puffed up in your own imagination, you can receive nothing from Him.  If you become lukewarm instead of being at white heat, you can become a disappointment to God.  And He says, "...I will spue thee out of my mouth"  (Revelation 3:16).

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Hold Fast 8/21 Thursday Thoughts

In wrestling, the strength is in the neck, the breast, and the thigh, but the greatest strength is in the thigh.  The Lord touched Jacob's thigh.  With his human strength gone, surely defeat was certain.  What did Jacob do?  He hung on.  God means to have people who are broken.  The divine power can only come when there is an end of our own self-sufficiency.  But when we are broken, we just hold fast.  If we let go then we shall fall short. 

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Never Let Go 8/20 Wednesday Wisdom

You cannot meet the terrible things that await you in the world unless you secure the blessing of God.  You must never let go.  Whatever you are seeking -- a fresh revelation, light on the path, some particular thing -- never let go.  Victory is yours if you are earnest enough.  If you are in darkness, if you need a fresh revelation, if your mind needs relief, if there are problems you cannot solve, lay hold of God and declare, "...I will not let thee go, except thou bless me" (Genesis 32:26).

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Get Alone With God 8/19 Tuesday Truth

[Jacob] knew that no one could deliver him but God.  And there alone, lean in soul and impoverished in spirit, he met with God.  Oh, how we need to get alone with God, to be broken, to be changed, to be transformed!  And when we do meet with Him, He interposes, and all care and strife are at an end.  Get alone with God and receive the revelation of His infinite grace, and of His wonderful purposes and plans for your life.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Many Things Happen 8/18 Monday Meditation

Many things may happen in our lives to show us how depraved we are by nature, but when the veil is lifted we see how merciful and tender God is.  His tender compassion is over us all the time.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

"I Can Never Be Perfect!" 8/15 Friday Faith

Someone says, "I can never be perfect!  It is beyond my furtherest thought."  Just so!  It is!  But as we press on, the Holy Ghost enlightens and we enter in as Paul says according to the revelation of the Spirit.  I am perfected as I launch out into God by faith, His blood covering my sin, His righteousness covering my unrighteousness, His perfection covering my imperfection.  I am holy and perfect in Him.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Our Greatest Hindrance 8/14 Thursday Thoughts

Our full cupboard is often our greatest hindrance.  It is when we are empty and undone and come to God in our nothingness and helplessness, He picks us up.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Out of Ourselves 8/13 Wednesday Wisdom

God has come to lead us out of ourselves into Himself, and to take us from the ordinary into the extraordinary, from the human into the divine, and make us after the image of His Son. Oh, what a Savior!  What an ideal Savior!


-- Smith Wigglesworth

Destroys and Gives Life 8/12 Tuesday Truth

The Word of God comes in to separate us from everything that is not of God.  It destroys.  It also gives life.  He must bring to death all that is carnal in us.  It was after the death of Christ that God raised Him up on high, and as we are dead with Him we are raised up and made to sit in heavenly places in the new life that the Spirit gives. 
-- Smith Wigglesworth

He Spoke the Word 8/11 Monday Meditation

He spoke the Word and the stars came into being, can He not speak the Word that will produce a mighty faith in us?  Ah, this One who is the author and finisher of our faith comes and dwells within us, quickens us by His Spirit, and molds us by His will.  He comes to live His life of faith within us and to be to us all that we need.  And He who has begun a good work within us will complete it and perfect it; for He not only is the author but the finisher and perfecter of our faith.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
 

Faith 8/8 Friday Faith

The second consecutive week, and at least the fourth time, that "Friday Faith" has been about "faith".

I believe that all our failures come because of an imperfect understanding of God's Word. I see that it is impossible to please God on any other line but by faith, and everything that is not of faith is sin.  You say, "How can I obtain this faith?"  You see the secret in Hebrews 12:2, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith...."  He is the author of faith.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Empowered 8/7 Thursday Thoughts

I believe God wants to bring all of us into line with His will, so that we shall penetrate into the heavenlies and become so empowered that we shall see signs and wonders and divers gifts of the Holy Spirit in our midst.  These are wonderful days -- these days of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  You ask me, "When would you have liked to come to earth?"  My answer is, "Just now.  It suits me beautifully to know that I can be filled with the Holy Spirit, that I can be a temple in which He dwells, and that through this temple there shall be a manifestation of the power of God that will bring glory to His name." 

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Be a Heavenly People 8/6 Wednesday Wisdom

If you are living an earthly life, all taken up with sensual things, and expect things from heaven, they will never come.  God wants us to be a heavenly people, seated with Him in the heavenlies, and laying hold of all the things in heaven that are at our disposal.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

All You Came For 8/5 Tuesday Truth

Believe that when you come into the presence of God you can have all you came for. You can take it away; and you can use it, for all the power of God is at your disposal in response to your faith.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Because We Believe 8/4 Monday Meditation

Beloved, we may do much praying and groaning, but we do not receive from God because of that; we receive because we believe.  And yet sometimes it takes God a long time to bring us through the groaning and the crying before we can believe.
-- Smith Wigglesworth