"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"
—1 Corinthians 3:16
Successful Christians know the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. When you rely on the Trinity in all you do, your success is assured.
When you put your dependency in the Trinity, you become aware of God's presence at all times. You and God can walk together as friends every day, because He lives right inside you.
Successful ministers are conscious of God at all times. A moment doesn't go by that they are not aware of God's being with them.
When you are aware of God's presence in your life, you don't want to say or do anything that would bring reproach on the Trinity or would grieve the Spirit of God.
When you get up in the morning, do you mumble, "Oh, another day"? Or do you jump up out of bed and say, "Good morning, God. Good morning, Jesus. Good morning, Holy Spirit."
When you go to bed at night, do you pray, "Father, bless me and no more," hop into bed, and go to sleep? Or do you say, "Good night, God. Good night, Jesus. Good night, Holy Spirit."
The first thing Smith Wigglesworth did when he got up every morning was to dance before the Lord for 10 minutes, worshipping and praising God. He said he did it whether he felt like it or not, just to honor God and thank Him for a new day.
Wigglesworth wouldn't go for more than 15 minutes without either reading God's Word or praying. If you were riding in a car with him and you went past the 15-minute mark, he'd yell, "STOP!" Then he'd make everybody get out of the car, get on their knees, pray, and repent for ignoring God! That's how God-conscious he was. He was well aware that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit were walking with him every minute of every day.
There's a story about another person who knew God like this. His name was Evan Roberts. He lived in Wales at the turn of the century.
When he was just a little boy, he'd get up early every morning and run to the coal mine in town with his "scorched Bible." (It was called a scorched Bible because one time the mine exploded and burned some of his Bible.)
Every morning Evan would be at the entrance to the coal mine waiting for the miners to come to work. As they descended into the mine, he'd read them a scripture. Then, at the end of the day, he'd be back at the mine again, waiting for the miners to come back up.
As they came out of the mine, he'd ask them what they'd thought of the scripture for the day. Sometimes they'd answer him. Sometimes they'd hit him. But most of the time they'd just laugh at him. Evan didn't care. He was aware of God's presence in his life.
When Evan was 26 years old, he told his pastor he was going to preach the next youth service. The pastor said, "Well, very well." When the time came, Evan walked into Moriah Chapel and said some simple words that started the whole Welsh revival!
Evan wasn't educated. He had no money or popularity. But he knew his God. He stood up in Moriah Chapel, opened his little scorched Bible, and said this prayer: "O Holy Spirit, bend us. O Holy Spirit!"
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