02.15.2026 | "Only Believe" - Pastor Nick Will
“Only Believe” - Pastor Nick Willi
“I saw that God wants us so badly that He has made the condition as simple as He possibly could- ‘Only Believe.’“- Smith Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth was known as the ‘Apostle of Faith.’
There is an invitation to believe. God wants us to dream again. Imagine again.
I believe we are in a Hebrews 11 moment.
Jack Hayford says that Hebrews 11:1 is not a definition but a description of how faith works.
Luke 8:40-56 TPT
40 When Jesus returned to Galilee, the crowds were overjoyed, for they had been waiting for him to arrive. 41-42 Just then, a man named Jairus, the leader of the local Jewish congregation, fell before Jesus’ feet. He desperately begged him to come and heal his twelve-year-old daughter, his only child, because she was at the point of death.
As Jesus started to go with him to his home to see her, a large crowd surrounded him. 43 In the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years from slow bleeding. Even though she had spent all that she had on healers, she was still suffering. 44 Pressing in through the crowd, she came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of his garment. Instantly her bleeding stopped and she was healed.
45 Jesus suddenly stopped and said to his disciples, “Someone touched me. Who was it?”
While they all denied it, Peter pointed out, “Master, everyone is touching you, trying to get close to you. The crowds are so thick we can’t walk through all these people without being jostled.”
46 Jesus replied, “Yes, but I felt power surge through me. Someone touched me to be healed, and they received their healing.”
47 When the woman realized she couldn’t hide any longer, she came and fell trembling at Jesus’ feet. Before the entire crowd she declared, “I was desperate to touch you, Jesus, for I knew if I could just touch even the fringe of your garment I would be healed.”
48 Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in me released your healing. You may go with my peace.”
49 While Jesus was still speaking to the woman, someone came from Jairus’ house and told him, “There’s no need to bother the Master any further. Your daughter has passed away. She’s gone.”
50 When Jesus heard this, he turned to Jairus and said, “Don’t yield to your fear. Have faith in me and she will live again.” (or, ‘Only Believe!’)
51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, and Jacob—along with the child’s parents—to go inside. 52 Jesus told those left outside, who were sobbing and wailing with grief, “Stop crying. She is not dead; she’s just asleep and must be awakened.”
53 They laughed at him, knowing for certain that she had died.
54 Jesus approached the body, took the girl by her hand, and called out with a loud voice, “My sleeping child, awake! Rise up!”
55-56 Instantly her spirit returned to her body and she stood up. Jesus directed her stunned parents to give her something to eat and ordered them to tell no one what just happened.
“There is something about believing God that makes God willing to pass over a million people just to anoint you!” - Smith Wigglesworth
God has no favorites. He works through those who believe Him.
Luke 8:11-15 TPT
11“Here, then, is the deeper meaning to my parable: The word of God is the seed that is sown into hearts. 12The hard pathway represents the hard hearts of those who hear the word of God, but the slanderer quickly snatches away what was sown in their hearts to keep them from believing and experiencing salvation. 13The seeds falling on gravel represents those who initially respond to the word with joy, but soon afterward, when a season of difficulty and harassment of the enemy comes to them, they wither and fall away, for they have no root in the truth and their faith is temporary. 14The seeds that fall into the weeds represents the hearts of those who hear the word of God but their growth is quickly choked off by their own anxious cares, the riches of this world, and the fleeting pleasures of this life. This is why they never become mature and fruitful. 15The seed that fell into good, fertile soil represents those lovers of truth who hear it deep within their hearts. They respond by clinging to the word, keeping it dear as they endure all things in faith. This is the seed that will one day bear much fruit in their lives.”
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) -- So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV) -- Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.