Chapter 12
12 Yielding to the Anointing.........................................................................
I'm convinced that the more we yield to the Spirit of God
and are taken over by Him, the more results we would see.
Demons take people over against their will and manifest
themselves through them, but the Spirit of God will not do that
against your will.
Why can't we be more yielded to the Spirit of God? I know
one reason for me is that I get over into that realm sometimes
and get afraid. It's not like a fear of snakes or cyclones; it's a
holy fear, a holy awe. I get over into that realm and get afraid I
can't get back.
I think that's what happened to Enoch: He got over there so
far he just went on over, body and all!
I don't know about your experience, but moving in the realm
of the supernatural—stepping out of the natural—is not the
easiest thing to do. However, if we'll learn to yield to the
anointing and not be afraid, mighty things will happen.
One man who learned to do this was Smith Wiggles-worth.
I never heard Smith Wigglesworth minister. If I'd have
known about it, I could have, because he was in Dallas in 1937
while on his last trip to the United States. That was the year I
received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and I lived just 32 miles
away, but I didn't know he was there in Dallas for three night
services at the First Assembly of God Church.
I quote from his writings frequently. Someone once asked
me concerning his book Ever Increasing Faith, "Do you
understand that?"
"Yes, I understand it," I said. "He speaks my language!"
One pastor said, "I've read that book five times, and I haven't