Category: Daily Devotionals – Smith Wigglesworth

October 26

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. — James 1:12

Scripture reading: Psalm 139

People do not know what they are getting when they are in a great place of temptation. Temptation endured brings the “crown of life.”

There is nothing outside of purity except what is sin. All unbelief is sin. God wants you to have a pure, active faith so that you will be living in an advanced place of believing God all the time, and so that you will be on the mountaintop and singing when other people are crying.

I want to speak now about lust. I am not speaking about the base things, the carnal desires. I am not speaking so much about adultery, fornication, and such things, but I am speaking about what has turned you aside to some other thing instead of God. God has been offering you better things all the time, and you have missed them.

There are three things in life, and I notice that many people are satisfied with just one of them. There is blessing in justification, there is blessing in sanctification, and there is blessing in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is a wonderful thing, and we know it. Sanctification is a process that takes us on to a higher level with God. Salvation, sanctification, and the fullness of the Spirit are processes.

Many people are satisfied with “good” – that is, with salvation. Other people are satisfied with “better”—a sanctified life, purified by God. Still other people are satisfied with the “best” the fullness of God with revelation from on high. I am not satisfied with any of the three. I am only satisfied with the “best with improvement.”

So I come to you not with good, but better; not with better, but best; not with best, but best with improvement—going on with God. Why? Because “when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death” (James 1:15). When anything has taken me from God, it means death in some way.

When Jesus said to the disciples, “The Son of Man will be put into the hands of sinners and crucified,” Peter rebuked Him (see Matthew 16:21–22), but Jesus said, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men” (v. 23).

Anything that hinders me from denying myself and taking up my cross (v. 24) is of the Devil; anything that hinders me from being separated unto God is of the Devil; and anything that hinders me from being purified every day is carnal, and it is death. So I implore you today to make certain that there is no lustful thing in you that would rob you of the glory. Then God will take you to the very summit of the blessing where you can be increased day by day into all His fullness.

Thought for today: Do not neglect the Word of God. Take time to think about the Word of God; it is the only place of safety.

10月26日

忍受诱惑的人是有福的，因为他经过考验后，将会得到主应许给爱他之人的生命冠冕。 — 雅各书 1:12

读经：诗篇139篇

当人们处在极大的诱惑中时，他们不知道自己将得到什么。忍受诱惑会带来“生命的冠冕”。

除了罪之外，没有什么是纯洁的。所有的不信都是罪。上帝希望你拥有纯洁而活跃的信心，这样你就能一直处在相信上帝的高级境界，也能在别人哭泣的时候站在山顶上唱歌。

我现在想谈谈欲望。我不是在说低级的事情，也不是肉体的欲望。我说的不是通奸、奸淫之类的事情，而是指那些让你偏离神、转向其他东西的东西。神一直在给你更好的东西，但你却错过了。

人生中有三件事，我注意到很多人只满足于其中的一件。称义有福，成圣有福，圣灵的洗也有福。得救是件美好的事，我们都知道。成圣是一个让我们与上帝更进一步的过程。得救、成圣和圣灵的充满都是一个过程。

很多人满足于“好”——也就是得救。还有一些人满足于“更好”——一个被上帝净化的圣洁生活。还有人满足于“最好”——神的满盈和从高处来的启示。我对这三者都不满意。我只对“可以更好的最好”感到满意。

所以我来到你面前，不是带来好，而是更好；不是带来更好，而是最好的；不是最好的，而是带着改进的最好——与神同行。为什么？因为“私欲怀了胎，就生出罪来；罪既长成，就生出死来”（雅各书 1:15）。当有任何东西把我从神那里带走时，这在某种程度上意味着死亡。

当耶稣对门徒说：“人子将被交在罪人手里，被钉十字架”时，彼得责备了他（参见马太福音16:21-22），但耶稣说：“撒但，退到我后边去吧！你是我的绊脚石，因为你不体贴神的意思，只体贴人的意思”（第23节）。

任何阻碍我否认自己、背起十字架（第24节）的东西都是来自魔鬼的；任何阻碍我分别归向神的东西都是来自魔鬼的；任何阻碍我每天被洁净的东西都是属肉体的，而且是死亡的。所以我今天恳求你，确保你里面没有任何贪欲之物，会夺去你的荣耀。然后神会带你到祝福的最高峰，让你每天都能增长，充满祂的一切丰盛。

今日思考：不要忽视上帝的话语。花时间思考上帝的话语；它是唯一的安全之处。

October 25

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. — James 1:5

Scripture reading: James 1

Many people come to me and ask if I will pray for them to have faith. I want to encourage them, but I cannot depart from God‘s Word. I cannot grant people faith. But by the power of the Spirit, I can stimulate you until you dare to believe and rest on the authority of God‘s Word. The Spirit of the living God quickens you, and I see that “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).

This is a living word of faith: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally.” You will never find that God ever judges you for the wisdom He gives you or for the blessing He gives you. He makes it so that when you come to Him again, He gives again, never asking what you did with what He gave you before. That is the way God gives. God “gives to all liberally and without reproach.” So you have a chance today to come for much more. Do you want wisdom? Ask of God.

You have to be in the right condition for asking. This is the condition: “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting” (James 1:6).

I am satisfied that God, who is the builder of divine order, never brings confusion into His order. It is only when things are out of order that God brings confusion. God brought confusion upon the men who were building the Tower of Babel because they were out of order. (See Genesis 11:1–9.) What were they doing? They were trying to get into heaven by a way that was not God‘s way, and they were thieves and robbers. (See John 10:1.) So He turned their language to confusion. There is a way into the kingdom of heaven, and it is through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you want this divine order in your life, if you want wisdom, you have to come to God believing. I want to impress upon you the fact—and I am learning it more every day—that if you ask six times for anything, just for the sake of asking, it shows you are an unbelieving person. If you really believe, you will ask God and know that He has abundance for your every need. But if you go right in the face of belief and ask six times, He knows very well that you do not mean what you ask, so you do not get it.

If you would really get down to business about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and ask God once and definitely to fill you, believing it, what would you do? You would begin to praise Him for it because you would know He had given it.

If you ask God once for healing, you will get it. But if you ask a thousand times a day until you do not even know you are asking, you will get nothing. If you would ask God for your healing now and begin praising Him because He never breaks His word, you would go out of here perfect. “Only believe” (Mark 5:36).

God wants to promote us. He wants us to get away from our own thoughts and our own foolishness, and get to a definite place, believing that He exists and that “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6).

Have you reached the place where you dare to do this? Have you come to the place where you are no longer going to murmur when you are undergoing a trial? Are you going to go around weeping, telling people about it, or are you going to say, “Thank you, Lord, for putting me on the top”?

A great number of ministers and evangelists do not get checks sent to them any longer because they didn‘t thank the donor for the last one. A thankful heart is a receiving heart. God wants to keep you in the place of constant believing.

Keep on believing, Jesus is near,
Keep on believing, there‘s nothing to fear;
Keep on believing, this is the way,
Faith in the night, the same as the day.

Thought for today: God does not honor unbelief; He honors faith.

10月25日

如果你们中间有人缺乏智慧，就应当向神求，神乐意赐给所有人，而且不会责备人，这样他就会得到智慧。——雅各书 1:5

读经：雅各书 1

很多人来找我，问我是否会为他们祈祷让他们有信心。我想鼓励他们，但我不能背离神的话语。我不能赋予别人信心。但凭着圣灵的力量，我可以激励你，直到你敢于相信并依靠神话语的权柄。永生神的灵使你复活，我看到“信就是从听道来，听道是从基督的话来的”（罗马书 10:17）。

这是一个充满信心的活词：“你们中间若有缺少智慧的，应当求那厚赐众人也不斥责人的神。”你永远不会发现上帝会因为他赐给你的智慧或祝福而审判你。他会让你再次来找他时，再次赐给你，而从不问你之前所赐的用得怎样。这就是上帝的赐予方式。上帝“厚赐众人，也不斥责人。”所以今天你有机会来领受更多。你想要智慧吗？向上帝求吧。

你提问的时候必须处于正确的状态。这个状态是：“但他要凭着信心求，一点也不怀疑”（雅各书 1:6）。

我相信，上帝是神圣秩序的建造者，他从不会在自己的秩序中带来混乱。只有当事情失序时，上帝才会带来混乱。上帝让参与建造巴别塔的人陷入混乱，因为他们违背了秩序。（参见创世记11:1–9）他们在做什么呢？他们试图用一种不符合上帝的方式进入天堂，而且他们是小偷和强盗。（参见约翰福音10:1）所以上帝让他们的语言混乱。有一条进入天国的道路，那就是通过主耶稣基督的宝血。

如果你想在生活中拥有这种神圣的秩序，如果你想要智慧，你就必须带着信心来找上帝。我想让你们明白一个事实——而我每天都在学到更多——那就是如果你只是为了请求而请求，重复六次任何事情，这说明你是一个不信的人。如果你真的相信，你会向上帝祈求，并知道祂有充足的资源来满足你的每一个需求。但如果你违背信心去重复六次祈求，上帝很清楚你并不真心，所以你就得不到它。

如果你真的认真对待圣灵的洗礼，并且一次性、坚定地向上帝求，让祂充满你，并且相信祂会这么做，你会怎么做呢？你会开始为此赞美祂，因为你会知道这是祂赐给你的。

如果你只向上帝请求一次医治，你就会得到。但如果你一天请求一千次，直到你都不知道自己在请求，你就什么也得不到。如果你现在向上帝请求医治，并开始赞美他，因为他从不违背自己的诺言，你就会从这里完全康复。“只要相信”（马可福音 5:36）。

上帝想要提升我们。他希望我们远离自己的想法和愚蠢，来到一个明确的地方，相信祂存在，并且“那寻求他的人，必然得奖赏”（希伯来书 11:6）。

你已经到达敢于做这件事的地方了吗？你已经到了在受试炼时不再抱怨的境地了吗？你会到处哭诉，把事情告诉别人，还是会说：“谢谢你，主，让我站在顶峰”?

很多牧师和传教士不再收到支票，因为他们没有感谢上一次的捐赠者。感恩的心就是一个能接受的心。上帝希望你保持在持续信心的状态。

继续相信，耶稣就在身边，
继续相信，没什么可怕的；
继续相信，这就是道路，
无论黑夜还是白天都要有信心。

今天的感悟：上帝不看重不信；祂看重信心。

October 24

Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. — James 1:4

Scripture reading: Psalm 91

To be “complete” means that you are not moved by anything, that you are living only in the divine position of God. It means that you are not moved, that you are not changed by what people say. There is something about divine acquaintance that is instilled; it is worked within a person by the mighty God. It becomes like intuition.

Accepting Christ as Savior builds the character of a person in purity until his inward heart is filled with divine love and has nothing but thoughts of God alone. “That you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”

When I was in New Zealand, some people came to me and said, “We would like to give you a Christmas present, if you can tell us what you would like.” “I haven‘t a desire in the world,” I said. “I cannot tell you anything I would like. I have no desire for anything except God.”

One day, I was walking down the street with a millionaire. I was feeling wonderfully happy over the way the Lord was blessing in our meetings. As we walked together, I said, “Brother, I haven‘t a care in the world. I am as happy as a bird!”

“Oh!” he said. “Stop! Say it again! Say it again!” And he stood still, waiting for me to repeat it. “Brother, I haven‘t a care in the world. I am as happy as a bird!” He exclaimed, “I would give all my money, I would give everything I have, to have that!”

To be lacking nothing—hallelujah!

The Spirit of the Lord is moving us mightily to see that this is resurrection power. We were planted with Him, and we have been raised with Him (Romans 6:5 KJV). We are from above (see Colossians 3:1–3); we do not belong to what is below. We “reign in life” (Romans 5:17) by Another. It is the life of God‘s Son manifested in this human body.

Thought for today: The new life of God is not just on the surface.

10月24日

让忍耐发挥它完全的作用，这样你们就能完全完整，什么都不缺。——雅各书 1:4

读经：诗篇91篇

“完整”意味着你不会被任何事物左右，你只是活在上帝的神圣位置上。这意味着你不会被动摇，你不会被别人说的话改变。神圣相识有一种特质被植入，它由全能的上帝在一个人里面工作。这会变得像直觉一样。

接受基督为救主会塑造一个人的品格，使其纯洁，直到内心充满神圣的爱，只想着上帝。“使你们全然成熟，缺少一无所缺。”

当我在新西兰的时候，有些人走过来对我说：“我们想送你一份圣诞礼物，如果你能告诉我们你想要什么的话。” 我说：“我一点愿望都没有。我无法告诉你我想要什么。我除了上帝，对别的什么都没有欲望。”

有一天，我和一位百万富翁一起走在街上。我因为主在我们的聚会中所赐的祝福而感到非常开心。当我们一起走时，我说：“兄弟，我一点也不担心。我开心得像一只鸟一样！”

“哦！”他说。“停！再说一遍！再说一遍！”然后他站在那里，等着我重复一遍。“兄弟，我一点也不担心。我像小鸟一样快乐！”他喊道，“我愿意拿出我所有的钱，我愿意拿出我拥有的一切，只为了拥有那个！”

一点也不缺——哈利路亚！

主的灵正大大地推动我们去看到这是复活的大能。我们与他一同被栽种，也与他一同复活（罗马书 6:5 KJV）。我们是从上头来的（参见歌罗西书 3:1–3）；我们不属于属地的事物。我们通过另一位“在生命中掌权”（罗马书 5:17）。这是神儿子的生命在这具人身上显现出来。

今日思考：上帝的新生命不只是表面上的。

October 23

Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. — James 1:4

Scripture reading: Matthew 27:27–54

Is it possible for patience to make us “perfect and complete”? Certainly, it is possible. Who was speaking in this verse? It was the breath of the Spirit; it was also the hidden man of the heart who had a heart like his Brother. This was James, the Lord‘s brother, who was speaking. He spoke very much like his Brother. When we read these wonderful words, we might very likely be encountering a true kindred spirit with Christ.

James had to learn patience. It was not an easy thing for him to understand how his Brother could be the Son of God and be in the same family as he, Judas, and the other brothers. (See Matthew 13:55.) It was not an easy thing for him, and he had to learn to be patient to see how it worked out.

There are many things in your life that you cannot understand, but be patient. When the hand of God is upon something, it may grind very slowly, but it will form the finest thing possible if you dare to wait until it is completed. Do not kick until you have gone through the process—and when you are dead enough to yourself, you will never kick at all. It is a death we die so that we might be alive unto God. It is only by the deaths we die that we are able to be still before God.

Jesus said, “The cross? I can endure the cross. The shame? I can despise it.” (See Hebrews 12:2.) He withstood the bitter language spoken to Him at the cross: “If You are the Christ, come down, and we will believe.” (See Matthew 27:40, 42.) They struck Him, but He “did not revile in return” (1 Peter 2:23). He is the picture for us.

You cannot tell what God has in mind for you. As you are still before God—pliable in His hands—He will be working out a greater vessel than you could ever imagine in all your life.

Thought for today: Jesus knew that when He came to the end of the Cross, He would forever save all those who would believe.

10月23日

让耐心发挥它的完美作用，这样你们就能完全成熟，什么都不缺。——雅各书 1:4

经文阅读：马太福音 27:27–54

耐心真的能让我们“完全且完整”吗？当然有可能。是谁在这节经文中说话呢？是圣灵的气息，也是内心深处那位拥有像他兄弟一样心的隐秘之人。这位说话的人是雅各，主的兄弟。他讲话的方式非常像他的兄弟。当我们读到这些美妙的话语时，我们很可能正在遇见一个与基督真心相通的灵魂。

詹姆斯必须学会耐心。对于他来说，要理解他的兄弟怎么可能是上帝的儿子，同时又和他、犹大以及其他兄弟在同一个家庭里，这不是一件容易的事。（见马太福音 13:55）这对他来说不容易，他必须学会耐心，看看事情是如何发展的。

你生活中有很多事情你无法理解，但要耐心。当上帝的手在某件事上时，它可能进展得很慢，但如果你敢于等待它完成，它将形成最完美的东西。在经历这个过程之前不要抱怨——当你对自己足够放下时，你就不会再抱怨了。这是一种我们为能活在上帝面前而经历的死亡。只有通过我们经历的这些死亡，我们才能在上帝面前保持宁静。

耶稣说：“十字架？我能忍受十字架。羞辱？我能蔑视它。”（参见希伯来书 12:2。）他承受了在十字架上对他所说的恶言：“如果你是基督，就下来吧，我们就信你。”（参见马太福音 27:40, 42。）他们打他，但他“却不以恶言回嘴”（彼得前书 2:23）。他是我们的榜样。

你无法知道上帝为你计划了什么。当你仍然站在上帝面前——在他手中任他塑造——他正在创造一个比你一生中所能想象的更伟大的器皿。

今日的思考：耶稣知道，当他走到十字架的尽头时，他将永远拯救所有相信他的人。

October 22

Count it all joy. — James 1:2

Scripture reading: Job 2:1–10

The verse does not mean “Count a bit of it as joy” but “count it all joy.” It doesn‘t matter from what source the trial comes, whether it is your business or your home or what. “Count it all joy.” Why? Because “we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

That is a great Scripture. It means that you have a special position. God is electrifying the very position that you hold so that the Devil will see that you have a godly character, and God can say about you what he said about Job. (See Job 1:8.)

Recall the scene. God asked, “Satan, what is your opinion about Job?” Then the Lord went on and said, “Don‘t you think he is wonderful? Don‘t you think he is the most excellent man in all the earth?”

Satan replied, “Yes, but You know, You are keeping him.”

Praise the Lord! I am glad the Devil has to tell the truth. And don‘t you know that God can keep you, also?

“If You touch everything he has,” the Devil said, “he will curse You to Your face.”

God answered, “You can touch all he has, but you cannot touch him.” (See Job 1:8–12.)

The Scripture says that Jesus was dead but is alive again and has power over death and hell. To this, the Scripture adds a big “Amen” (Revelation 1:18). The Devil cannot take your life unless the Lord allows it. “You cannot touch Job‘s life,” God told Satan. (See Job 2:6.)

Satan thought he could destroy Job, and you know the calamity that befell this righteous man. But Job said, “Naked I came from my mother‟s womb, and naked shall I return there.…Blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:21). Oh, it is lovely! The Lord can give us that kind of language. It is not the language of the head. This is divine language; this is heart acquaintance.

I want you to know that we can have heart acquaintance. I learned a long time ago that libraries often create swelled heads, but nothing except the Library, the Bible, can make swelled hearts. You are to have swelled hearts because out of the heart full of the fragrance of the love of God, the living life of the Lord flows.

You must cease to be. That is a difficult thing—for both you and me—but it is no trouble at all when you are in the hands of the Potter. You are only wrong when you are kicking. You are all right when you are still and He is forming you afresh. So let Him form you afresh today into a new vessel so that you will stand the stress.

Thought for today: It is far more to speak out of the abundance of your heart than the abundance of your head.

10月22日

你们要落在百般试炼中，都要以为喜乐。——雅各书 1:2

经文阅读：约伯记 2:1–10

这节经文的意思不是“把它算作一点喜乐”，而是“都当作喜乐”。无论试炼来自哪里，不管是你的工作、家里还是其他什么，都“都当作喜乐”。为什么？因为“我们知道，上帝所爱的人，就是按他旨意被召的人，凡事都互相效力，叫他们得益处”（罗马书 8:28）。

那是一段很棒的圣经经文。它的意思是你拥有一个特别的位置。上帝正在为你所拥有的位置注入力量，让魔鬼看到你拥有敬虔的品格，上帝也可以像对约伯说的那样评价你。（参见约伯记1:8）

回想一下那个场景。上帝问：“撒旦，你对约伯有什么看法？”然后主接着说：“你不觉得他很了不起吗？你不觉得他是全地上最出色的人吗？”

撒旦回答：“是的，但你知道，你一直在留着他。”

赞美主！我很高兴魔鬼不得不说实话。你难道不知道上帝也能保守你吗？

“如果你碰他所有的东西，”魔鬼说，“他会当着你的面诅咒你。”

上帝回答说：“他所有的你都可以接触，但他本人你不能碰。”（见约伯记 1:8–12）

经文说耶稣曾经死过，但现在活着了，并且对死亡和地狱有权柄。对此，经文还加了一个响亮的“阿门”（启示录 1:18）。除非主允许，魔鬼不能夺走你的生命。上帝对撒旦说：“你不能动约伯的性命。”（见约伯记 2:6）

撒旦以为自己可以毁掉约伯，你也知道降临到这个义人身上的灾难。但约伯说：“我赤身从母腹出来，也必赤身归回……耶和华的名是应当称颂的”（约伯记 1:21）。哦，真是美好！主可以赐给我们这样的语言。这不是头脑的语言。这是神圣的语言；这是心灵的亲密交往。

我希望你知道我们可以有心灵上的相识。我早就明白了，图书馆常常会让人自负，但只有圣经才能让人有谦卑的心。你应该拥有谦卑的心，因为从充满上帝之爱芳香的心中，主的生命会流出来。

你必须停止存在。这对你我来说都是一件困难的事——但当你在陶匠手中时，这一点也不麻烦。只有在你挣扎的时候，你才会出错。当你静下心来，让他重新塑造你时，你就是安好的。所以今天就让他把你重新塑造成一个新器皿，这样你才能承受压力。

今日感悟：用心里的充实来说话，比用头脑里的充实来说话要重要得多。