Category: Daily Devotionals – Smith Wigglesworth

July 25

Yield yourselves to the LORD. — 2 Chronicles 30:8

Scripture reading: John 15:1–14

A dear young Russian came to England. He did not know the language but learned it quickly and was mightily used and blessed by God. As the wonderful manifestations of the power of God were seen, people asked him the secret of his power, but he felt it was so sacred between him and God that he should not tell it. But they pressed him so much that he finally said to them, “First, God called me, and His presence was so precious that I said to God at every call that I would obey Him. I yielded and yielded and yielded until I realized that I was simply clothed with another power altogether, and I realized that God had taken me—tongue, thoughts, and everything—and I was not myself, but it was Christ working through me.”

Do you know that God has called you over and over and has put His hand upon you, but you have not yielded? Have you had the breathing of His power within you, calling you to prayer, and you have to confess that you have failed?

I went to a house one afternoon where I had been called, and I met a man at the door. He said, “My wife has not been out of bed for eight months; she is paralyzed. She has been looking forward so much to your coming. She is hoping God will raise her up.” I went in and rebuked the Devil‘s power. She said, “I know I am healed; if you leave, I will get up.” I left the house and went away, not hearing anything more about her. I went to a meeting that night, and a man jumped up and said he had something he wanted to say; he had to go to catch a train but wanted to talk first. He said, “I come to this city once a week, and I visit the sick all over the city. There is a woman I have been visiting, and I was very much distressed about her. She was paralyzed and lay on her bed many months. However, when I went there today, she was up doing her work.” I tell this story because I want you to see Jesus. Yield to Him today.

Thought for today: If there are any buts in your attitude toward the Word of truth, there is something unyielded to the Spirit.

7月25日

把自己交给耶和华吧。— 历代志下 30:8

经文阅读：约翰福音 15:1–14

一位亲爱的年轻俄罗斯人来到了英格兰。他不会说英语，但很快就学会了，并且得到了上帝的大力使用和祝福。当人们看到上帝奇妙能力的显现时，纷纷问他力量的秘密，但他觉得这是他和上帝之间非常神圣的事情，不该告诉别人。但人们一再追问，他最终对他们说：“首先，上帝召唤了我，他的临在是如此宝贵，以至于每次被呼召时，我都会对上帝说我会顺从他。我不断地屈服和顺从，直到意识到我完全被另一种力量所包裹，我明白上帝接管了我——我的语言、思维和一切——我不再是我自己，而是基督在通过我工作。”

你知道上帝一次又一次地呼唤你，并把祂的手放在你身上，但你没有顺服吗？你是否感受到祂的能力在你体内呼吸，呼唤你去祷告，而你不得不承认自己失败了吗？

有一个下午，我去了一所有人请我去的房子，在门口遇到一个男人。他说：“我妻子已经八个月没有下床了，她瘫痪了。她非常期待你的到来。她希望上帝能医治她，让她站起来。”我走进屋里，斥责了魔鬼的能力。她说：“我知道我已经痊愈了；如果你离开，我就会起身。”我离开了房子，没有再听到她的消息。那天晚上我去参加一个聚会，一个男人跳起来，说他有话想说；他必须赶火车，但想先说几句。他说：“我每周会来这座城市一次，四处探访病人。我一直在探望一个女人，她让我非常担心。她瘫痪，多个月都躺在床上。但是，今天我去看她时，她已经起来做自己的事情了。”我讲这个故事是因为我希望你看到耶稣。今天就向他敞开心扉吧。

今日思考：如果你对真理的话语态度中有任何“但是”，那就意味着有些地方还没有顺服圣灵。

July 24

Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? — Acts 19:15

Scripture reading: Acts 19:13–20

I implore you in the name of Jesus, especially those of you who are baptized, to wake up to the fact that you have power if God is with you. But there must be a resemblance between you and Jesus. The evil spirit said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Paul had the resemblance. You are not going to get this resemblance without having His presence; His presence changes you. You are not going to be able to get the results without the marks of the Lord Jesus. You must have the divine power within yourself; devils will take no notice of any power if they do not see Christ. “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” The difference in these exorcists was that they did not have the marks of Christ, so the manifestation of the power of Christ was not seen.

If you want power, don‘t make any mistake about it. If you speak in tongues, don‘t mistake that for the power. If God has given you revelations along certain lines, don‘t mistake that for the power. Or if you have even laid hands on the sick and they have been healed, don‘t mistake that for the power. “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me” (Luke 4:18)—that alone is the power. Don‘t be deceived. There is a place to be reached where you know the Spirit is upon you so that you will be able to do the works that are accomplished by this blessed Spirit of God in you. Then the manifestation of His power will be seen, and people will believe in the Lord.

God wants you to be ministering spirits, and this means being clothed with another power. You know when this divine power is there, and you know when it goes forth. Beloved, we can reach it; it is a high mark, but we can get to it. Do you ask how? Say to God, “What do You want me to do?” (Acts 9:6). That is the plan. It means a perfect surrender to the call of God, and perfect obedience.

Thought for today: The baptism of Jesus must bring us to the place of having our focus centered on the glory of God; everything else is wasted time and wasted energy.

7月24日

我认识耶稣，也认识保罗；但你是谁呢？——使徒行传 19:15

经文阅读：使徒行传 19:13–20

我恳求你们，为了耶稣的名，尤其是那些受洗的人，醒悟吧，意识到如果神与你同在，你就有能力。但你必须与耶稣有相似之处。邪灵说：“耶稣我认识，保罗我也认识；但你是谁？”保罗身上有这种相似之处。如果没有他的同在，你不可能拥有这种相似；他的同在会改变你。没有主耶稣的印记，你也无法取得成果。你必须在自己里面拥有神的力量；如果撒但看不到基督的存在，他们不会理会任何力量。“耶稣我认识，保罗我也认识；但你是谁？”这些驱魔人的区别在于他们没有基督的印记，所以基督能力的显现没有被看到。

如果你想要能力，千万别搞错了。如果你会说方言，也不要把那当作能力。如果上帝在某些方面给你启示，也不要把那当作能力。或者即使你按手在病人身上并且他们得到了医治，也不要把那当作能力。“主的灵在我身上”（路加福音 4:18）——那才是真正的能力。别被迷惑。有一个境界，当你感觉到圣灵在你身上时，你就能够完成这位赐福的上帝圣灵在你里面所成就的工作。到那时，他能力的显现就会显出来，人们就会信靠主。

上帝希望你成为服侍的灵，这意味着要披上另一种力量。你知道当这种神圣的力量存在时，也知道它何时发挥作用。亲爱的，我们可以达到这个境界；这是一个很高的目标，但我们可以做到。你问怎么做吗？对上帝说：“你要我做什么？”（使徒行传 9:6）。这就是计划。这意味着要完全顺服上帝的呼召，并完全服从。

今日思考：耶稣的洗礼必须让我们把注意力集中在神的荣耀上；其他的都是浪费时间和精力。

July 23

Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul. — Acts 19:11

Scripture reading: Matthew 16:24–27; Luke 14:27–35

Paul had been putting many believers in prison, but God brought him to such a place of yieldedness and brokenness that he cried out, “What do You want me to do?” (Acts 9:6). Paul‘s choice was to be a bondservant for Jesus Christ.

Beloved, are you willing for God to have His way today? God said about Paul, “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name‟s sake” (Acts 9:16). But Paul saw that these things were working out “a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:17). Do you need a touch from God? Are you willing to follow Him? Will you obey Him?

When the Prodigal Son had returned and the father had killed the fatted calf and made a feast for him, the elder brother was angry and said, “You never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends” (Luke 15:29). But the father said to him, “All that I have is yours” (v. 31). He could kill a fatted calf at any time. When God can trust us, we will not come short in anything.

“God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul.” Let us notice the handkerchiefs that went from his body. This passage indicates that when Paul touched handkerchiefs and sent them forth, God worked special miracles through them: diseases departed from the sick, and evil spirits went out of them. Isn‘t this lovely? I believe that after we lay hands on these handkerchiefs and pray over them, they should be handled very sacredly. Even as we carry them, they will bring life, if we carry them in faith to the suffering ones. The very effect, if you would only believe, would be to change your own body as you carry the handkerchief.

God wants to change our faith today. He wants us to see that it is not obtained by struggling and working and longing. “The Father Himself loves you” (John 16:27). “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses” (Matthew 8:17). “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Who is the man who will take the place of Paul and yield and yield and yield until God possesses him in such a way that power will flow from his body to the sick and suffering? It will have to be the power of Christ that flows. Don‘t think there is some magic power in the handkerchief, or you will miss the power. It is the living faith within the man who lays the handkerchief on his body, and the power of God through that faith. Praise God, we may lay hold of this living faith today. The blood has never lost its power. As we get in touch with Jesus, wonderful things will take place. And what else? We will get nearer and nearer to Him.

Thought for today: Ministry always begins as soon as a person yields.

7月23日

如今，神借保罗的手行了非凡的奇迹。——使徒行传 19:11

经文阅读：马太福音16:24–27；路加福音14:27–35

保罗曾经抓捕许多信徒入狱，但神让他来到一个完全顺服和破碎的状态，以至于他呼喊说：“主啊，你要我做什么？”（使徒行传 9:6）。保罗选择成为耶稣基督的奴仆。

亲爱的，你今天愿意让上帝按祂的方式行事吗？上帝对保罗说过：“我必指示他，为我的名必须受许多苦难”（使徒行传 9:16）。但保罗看到，这些苦难正在成就“极重无比、永远的荣耀”（哥林多后书 4:17）。你需要上帝的触碰吗？你愿意跟随祂吗？你会顺服祂吗？

浪子回来的时候，父亲宰了肥牛犊为他摆设筵席，他的哥哥就生气，说：“你从来没有给我一只小山羊，好让我和朋友们欢乐一番”（路加福音 15:29）。但父亲对他说：“我所有的都是你的”（31节）。他随时都可以宰肥牛犊。当上帝信任我们的时候，我们在任何事情上都不会缺少。

“上帝通过保罗的手行了奇特的奇迹。”让我们注意那些从他身上拿下来的手帕。这段经文表明，当保罗触摸手帕并把它们送出去时，上帝通过它们行了特殊的奇迹：病人的疾病离开了他们，邪灵也离开了他们。是不是很美好呢？我相信，在我们按手在这些手帕上并为它们祈祷之后，它们应该被非常神圣地对待。即使是在携带它们的时候，只要我们带着信心把它们带给受苦的人，它们也会带来生命。如果你相信，这种效果甚至会在你携带手帕时改变你自己的身体。

上帝今天想改变我们的信心。他希望我们明白，信心不是通过挣扎、努力或渴望来获得的。“父自己爱你们”（约翰福音 16:27）。“他亲自担当我们的软弱，背负我们的疾病”（马太福音 8:17）。“凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息”（马太福音 11:28）。谁能像保罗那样，不断顺服、不断屈服，直到被神完全掌控，以至于从他身体里流出的力量能医治病人和受苦的人呢？那必须是基督的力量在流动。不要以为手帕里有神奇的力量，否则你就会错过真正的力量。真正的力量是在把手帕放在自己身上的人的活泼信心里，以及通过这信心流出的神的能力。赞美神，我们今天就能抓住这种活泼的信心。宝血从未失去它的能力。当我们与耶稣接触时，奇妙的事情将发生。还有什么呢？我们会越来越接近祂。

今日思考：事工总是在一个人顺从时开始。

July 22

Lord, what do You want me to do? — Acts 9:6

Scripture reading: Acts 9:1–22

In the midst of persecuting the Lord‘s disciples, Saul was confronted with a bright light from heaven (Acts 9:3). A voice spoke to him saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (v. 4). Saul asked who was speaking, and when Jesus identified Himself, Saul‘s response was, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” As soon as Saul was willing to yield, he was in a condition where God could meet his need, where God could display His power, where God could have the man.

Friend, are you saying today, “What do You want me to do?” The place of yieldedness is just where God wants us. People are saying, “I want the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I want to be healed. I would like to know for certain that I am a child of God,” and I see nothing, absolutely nothing, in the way, except that they have not yielded to the plan of God.

In Acts 19:6, the condition was met that Paul demanded, and when he laid his hands on the Ephesian disciples, they were instantly filled with the Spirit and spoke in other tongues and prophesied. The only thing they needed was just to be in the condition where God could come in.

The main thing today that God wants is obedience. When you begin yielding and yielding to God, He has a plan for your life, and you come in to that wonderful place where all you have to do is eat the fruits of Canaan.

It is the call of God that counts. Paul answered the call of God. I believe God wants to stir our heart today to obedience. Our response should be, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”

Thought for today: God is looking for obedience.

7月22日

主啊，你想让我做什么？——使徒行传 9:6

经文阅读：使徒行传 9:1–22

就在逼迫主的门徒的时候，扫罗遇到了一道从天而来的亮光（使徒行传 9:3）。有一个声音对他说：“扫罗，扫罗，你为什么逼迫我？”（第 4 节）。扫罗问是谁在说话，当耶稣自我表明身份时，扫罗的回应是：“主啊，你想让我做什么？”只要扫罗愿意顺服，他就处在神可以满足他需要、显出能力、掌管他生命的状态中。

朋友，你今天是不是在说：“你希望我做什么？”顺服的地方正是上帝希望我们所在的地方。有人说，“我想要圣灵的洗礼。我想要被医治。我想确切地知道自己是上帝的孩子，”但我看到的，没有任何障碍，绝对没有，唯一的问题是他们还没有顺服上帝的计划。

在使徒行传19:6中，保罗所要求的条件得到了满足，当他把手按在以弗所的门徒身上时，他们立刻被圣灵充满，说起方言，讲论预言。他们唯一需要的就是处在神可以进入的状态。

今天上帝最主要想要的是顺从。当你开始不断向上帝屈服时，祂对你的生命有一个计划，你就会来到那个美妙的地方，在那里你所要做的只是享用迦南的果实。

重要的是上帝的呼召。保罗回应了上帝的呼召。我相信上帝今天想激起我们的心去顺从。我们的回应应该是：“主啊，你希望我做什么？”

今日思考：上帝正在寻找顺从的人。

July 21

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. — Isaiah 26:3

Scripture reading: Isaiah 54:5–55:9

We must keep in the spiritual tide—God supreme, the altar within the body. Faith is the evidence, the power, the principle, keeping us in rest. We must have the Spirit in anointing, intercession, revelation, and great power of ministry. To be baptized in the Holy Spirit is to be in God‘s plan—the Spirit preeminent, revealing the Christ of God, making the Word of God alive something divine. “Our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the…Spirit; for the…Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:5–6).

I knew a believer whose job was to carry bags of coal. He had been in bed three weeks away from his work. I showed him Romans 7:25: “I thank God; through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.” I said, “Keep your mind on God and go to work, shouting victory.” He did, and the first day he was able to carry a hundred bags, his mind stayed on God and kept in peace. “Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble” (Psalm 119:165).

If your peace is disturbed, there is something wrong. Apply the blood of Jesus, and keep your mind stayed upon Jehovah, where “hearts are fully blessed, finding as He promised, perfect peace and rest.” Keep your mind on God, gaining strength in Him day by day.

“The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). This is a new dispensation, this divine place: Christ in you, the hope and evidence of glory (Colossians 1:27).

May God gird you with truth (Ephesians 6:14). I commend you to Him in the name of Jesus.

Thought for today: If you are not free in the Spirit, your mind is in the wrong place.

7月21日

你必保守心思专注于你的他，得享完全的平安，因为他信靠你。—以赛亚书 26:3

经文阅读：以赛亚书 54:5–55:9

我们必须保持在属灵的潮流中——上帝至上，圣坛在我们身体内。信心是凭据，是力量，是原则，让我们保持安息。我们必须拥有恩膏、代祷、启示和强大的事奉能力的圣灵。受圣灵浸礼就是进入神的计划——圣灵至高无上，显明神的基督，让神的话语活起来，充满神性。“我们的充足从神而来，他也使我们作为…圣灵的仆人充足；因为…圣灵赐生命”（哥林多后书 3:5–6）。

我认识一个信徒，他的工作是搬煤袋。他已经离开工作床上三周了。我给他看了《罗马书》7:25：“感谢神，通过我们的主耶稣基督！这样看来，我凭着心意事奉神的律法，但凭着肉体事奉罪的律法。” 我对他说：“把你的心放在神身上去工作，大声喊出胜利。” 他照做了，第一天他就能搬一百袋煤，他的心思专注在神身上，并且保持平安。“爱你律法的人有大平安，什么事也不能使他们绊脚”（诗篇119:165）。

如果你的内心受到打扰，那说明有问题。求耶稣的宝血遮盖你，并让心思专注在耶和华身上，在那里“心灵得到完全的祝福，如祂所应许，找到完全的平安与安息。”保持心思在神身上，每天在祂里面得到力量。

“律法是借着摩西传的，恩典和真理却是借着耶稣基督来的”（约翰福音 1:17）。这是一个新的时代，这个神圣的境地：基督在你里面，是荣耀的盼望和凭据（歌罗西书 1:27）。

愿上帝以真理装备你（以弗所书 6:14）。我以耶稣的名把你交托给祂。

今日思考：如果你的心灵不自由，你的思绪就会走偏。