At Any Moment With God 12/1 Thursday Thoughts

... The Christian ought to have such an unction as to realize at any moment, whether in the presence of others or alone, that he is with God.  He can have a vision in the tramcar, or in the railway train, even if he has to stand with others in front or behind him; or he can have a vision if he is there alone.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

No Storm Can Move Me 11/30 Wednesday Wisdom

A man who is baptized with the Holy Ghost has a Jesus mission.  He knows his vocation, the plan of his life.  God speaks to him so definitely and really that there is no mistaking about it.  Thank God for the knowledge which fixes me so solidly upon God's Word that I cannot be moved from it by any storm that may rage.  The revelation of Jesus to my soul by the Holy Ghost brings me to a placed where I am willing, if need be, TO DIE ON WHAT THE WORD SAYS.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Arranging Things 11/29 Tuesday Truth

Is God the Holy Ghost arranging things for you, or are you arranging things according to your own plan?  A man filled with the Holy Ghost has ceased to be, in a sense; he has come to a rest, he has come to where God is working, to a place where he can "stand still and see the salvation of the Lord."  What do I mean?  I mean that such a man has ceased from his own works and abilities and associations.  He will not trust his own heart; he relies only on the omnipotent power of the Most High, he is guided by Another.  The man baptized with the Holy Ghost will always KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE MASTER.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Smith Wigglesworth: Filled With God 11/28 Monday Meditation

I'm going to return to quoting Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947), whom I had quoted in 2014.  Wigglesworth had a most unusual background.  He was a child laborer in England and did not receive an education.  After their marriage, his wife taught him to read.  He would read nothing but the Bible.   He didn't want anything to compromise his focus on God and his faith in God.  He became a preacher in his 50's when his wife (herself a preacher) forced him into the pulpit and made him preach.  He had one of the world's best-known evangelistic and healing ministries.  He wrote no books, but his sermons were transcribed into books.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Wigglesworth

"Filled with God, yes, filled with God, pardoned and cleansed and filled with God." 

Filled with God leaves no room for doubting or fearing.  We have no idea of all that means, to be filled with God... It means you have no fear, for when you are filled with God you are filled with love, and perfect love casts out fear.

Holy Spirit Overlooked 11/24-25 Thursday-Friday Faith

This will be the last post for the week.   Happy Thanksgiving!

“A doctrine has practical value only as far as it is prominent in our thoughts and makes a difference in our lives.

By this test the doctrine of the Holy Spirit as held by evangelical Christians today has almost no practical value at all.
In most Christian churches the Spirit is quite entirely overlooked.
Whether He is present or absent makes no real difference to anyone.

Brief reference is made to Him in the Doxology and the Benediction. Further than that He might as well not exist.”

- A.W. Tozer, The Equality of the Three Persons

The Kind of God He Is 11/23 Wednesday Wisdom

"We wonder why we don't have faith;
the answer is,
faith is confidence in the character of God and if we don't know what kind of God God is, we can't have faith."

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Playing at Religion 11/22 Tuesday Truth

Most church people play at religion, as they play at their games!

Religion itself, is the one game most universally played.

The Church has its "fields" and "rules" and its "equipment" for playing the game of religion. It has its devotees, both laymen and professionals, who support the game with their money and encourage it with their presence — but who are no different in life or character from many who take no interest in religion at all!

As an athlete uses a ball — so do many of us use religious words. We throw them swiftly across the field — and learn to handle them with dexterity and grace. We gain as our reward, the applause of those who have enjoyed the game.

In the secular games which people play, there are no moral benefits. They simply are a pleasant activity which changes nothing, and settles nothing of any importance.

Sadly, it is much the same in the game of religion. After the pleasant meeting, no one is basically any different from what he had been before!

"How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD Almighty, "and I will not accept your offerings!" Malachi 1:10

 

- A. W. Tozer