© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
Oh Brothers, it is ministration, it is operation, it is manifestation!
Those are three of the greatest leading principles of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. And we must see to it that God is producing through us these three.
Beloved, I want you to notice this, that except you stand with God, it is impossible for God to manifest His power.
The Bible is the word of God, it has the truths, and whatever people may say of them, they stand stationary, unmoveable. Not one jot or tittle shall fail of all His good promises. His word will come forth.
In Heaven it is settled, on Earth it must be made manifest that He is the God of an everlasting power.
What God Wants
God wants manifestation, and He wants His Glory to be seen. And He wants us all to be filled with that line of thought, that He can look on us and delight in us in the world subduing the world unto Him.
And so you are going to miss a great deal if you don’t begin to act. But once you begin to act in the order of God, you will find that God establishes your faith, and from that day starts you on the line of the promises.
When will you begin?
In a place in England I was dealing on the lines of faith, and what would take place if we believed God.
Many things happened. But when I got away it appeared one man, who worked in a colliery, had heard me. [A coal mine. Ed.] He was in trouble with a stiff knee. It was the first time he had heard me, I think.
He said to his wife, “I cannot help but think every day that that message of Wigglesworth’s was to stir us to do something. I cannot get away from it. All the men in the pit know how I walk with a stiff knee, and you know how I have wrapped it around with yards of flannel. Well, I am going to act. You have to be the congregation.”
He got his wife in front of him, “I am going to act and do just like Wigglesworth did.”
He got hold of his leg unmercifully saying, “Come out you devils, come out! In the Name of Jesus. Now Jesus help me. Come out you devils, come out!”
Then he said, “Wife they are gone! Wife, they are gone. This is too good. I am going to act now.”
So he went to his place of worship, and all the collier boys were there. It was a prayer meeting. As he told them this story these men became delighted. They said, “Jack, come over here and help me.” And Jack went. As soon as he was through in one home, he was invited to another, loosing these people of their pains they had gotten from the colliery.
Ah Brothers and Sisters, we have no idea what God has for us if we will only begin!
But oh, the grace we need! We may make a mishap. If you do it outside of Him, if you do it for yourself, and if you want to be someone, it will be a failure. We shall only be able to do well, as we do it in the Name of Jesus.
Not Me: HIM in Me
Oh the love and expression that God’s Son can put into us if we are only humble enough, weak enough, and helpless enough to know that, except He does it, it will not be done! Mk. 11:24 KJV;
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
The first of the nine gifts which has to be made manifest is the Gift of wisdom.
Continue reading:
Smith Wigglesworth on The Active Life of the Spirit-filled believer
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
