How To Increase the Anointingwho didn't fail!)
Knowing you believe in divine healing, somebody will say,
"Now, Brother So-and-so had a healing ministry, and he died at
an early age, and then Brother So-and-so died, too."
I always say, "I don't know why he died. That's not my
problem or any of my business. I'm not his lord and master.
That's between him and the Lord. I'm not following him anyway;
I'm following the Lord."
But if I wanted to follow somebody's example, I'd take
Smith Wigglesworth. He lived his life out, praise God, and died
without sickness at 87.
Another good example was a minister who was a Baptist
until he got baptized with the Holy Spirit, spoke with other
tongues, and preached divine healing.
I had heard a number of rumors concerning his death, but
then I visited his daughter while holding meetings in her state. I
came to find out that when this gentleman was 93, he announced
at the breakfast table one morning, "It's time for me to go home."
His daughter and wife (who was considerably younger than
he) decided he must be getting senile and didn't realize he
already was at home.
His daughter told me, "Momma and I finished the dishes and
went into the sitting room. He was sitting there in the chair and
said, 'I told you all I'm going home today. There's Jesus—
goodbye!'"
Sitting in the rocker, he took off. I believe I'll follow him
closely, hallelujah!
Remember what Paul said:
1 CORINTHIANS 11:1
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
It's all right to follow people as long as they are following
Christ closely.