Category: Daily Devotionals – Smith Wigglesworth

July 20

Nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus. — Acts 20:24

Scripture reading: Romans 13:14–14:19

The ministry of the Spirit has been entrusted to us. We must be in the place of edifying the church. Law is not liberty, but if there is a move of God within you, God has written His laws in your heart so that you may delight in Him. God desires to set forth in us a perfect blending of His life and our lives so that we may have abounding inward joy—a place of reigning over all things, not a place of endeavor. There is a great difference between an endeavor and a delight.

God says to us, “Be holy, for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). Trying will never cause us to reach a place of holiness, but there is a place, or an attitude, where God gives us faith to rest on His Word, and we delight inwardly over everything. “I delight to do Your will, O my God” (Psalm 40:8). There is a place of great joy. Do we want condemnation?

We know there is something within that has been accomplished by the power of God, something greater than there could be in the natural order of the flesh. We are the representatives of Jesus. He was eaten up with zeal. (See John 2:17.) This intense zeal changes us by the operation of the Word; we do not rest in the letter, but we allow the blessed Holy Spirit to lift us by His power.

The disciples were with Jesus three years. He spoke out of the abundance of His heart toward them. John said, “We have touched Him; our eyes have gazed into His eyes.” (See 1 John 1:1). Did Jesus know about Judas? Yes. Did He ever tell? No. When Jesus told the disciples that one of them would betray Him, they said, “Lord, is it I?” (Matthew 26:22). The essence of divine order is to bring the church together, so that there is no schism in the body, but a perfect blending of heart to heart.

“The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). The sword cut off Malchus‘s ear, but the Spirit healed it again. (See Luke 22:50–51.) Our ministry has to be in the Spirit, “free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). When we live in the ministry of the Spirit, we are free; in the letter we are bound. If it is “an eye for an eye” (Matthew 5:38), we have lost the principle. If we are to come to a place of great liberty, the law must be at an end. Yet we love the law of God; we love to do it and not put one thing aside.

“Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered…by the Spirit of the living God…on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart” (2 Corinthians 3:3). It‘s heart worship when God has made the incision; the Spirit has come to blend with humanity.

Thought for today: Ours is not an endeavor society, but a delight to live in the will of God.

7月20日

我也不把自己的生命看得宝贵，只要能完成主耶稣托付给我的跑道和事工，就满心喜乐。——使徒行传 20:24

经文阅读：罗马书 13:14–14:19

圣灵的事工已经托付给我们。我们必须处在建立教会的地方。律法并不是自由，但如果你里面有神的作为，神已经把祂的律写在你的心里，让你能以祂为乐。神希望在我们里面显明祂生命和我们生命的完美融合，让我们有充足的内在喜乐——一个掌管万物的地方，而不是努力的地方。努力和喜乐之间有很大的区别。

上帝对我们说：“你们要圣洁，因为我本圣洁”（彼得前书 1:16）。光靠努力永远无法让我们达到圣洁的境地，但有一个地方，或者说一种心态，上帝会赐给我们信心去依靠祂的话语，我们内心为一切感到喜悦。“我的神啊，我乐意照你的旨意行”（诗篇 40:8）。那里是充满大喜乐的地方。我们想要受到谴责吗？

我们知道内心里有些事是靠神的力量完成的，比肉体自然秩序中可能有的要伟大。我们是耶稣的代表。他充满热忱。（参见约翰福音 2:17。）这种强烈的热忱通过神的话语改变我们；我们不止停留在文字上，而是让恩赐的圣灵凭着祂的能力提升我们。

门徒跟随耶稣三年。他对他们说的话都出自内心的丰富。约翰说：“我们亲眼看过他，我们亲手摸过他。”（见约翰一书 1:1）耶稣知道犹大吗？知道。他曾告诉过吗？没有。当耶稣告诉门徒有人要出卖他时，他们说：“主啊，是我吗？”（马太福音 26:22）神圣秩序的本质是让教会团结在一起，使身体没有分裂，而是心与心完美地融合。

“字句杀人，灵却使人活”（哥林多后书 3:6）。剑砍掉了马尔谷的耳朵，但圣灵又把它治好了。（见路加福音 22:50–51。）我们的事工必须在灵里进行，“脱离罪和死的律”（罗马书 8:2）。当我们活在圣灵的事工中时，我们是自由的；在字句里我们是被捆绑的。如果是“以眼还眼”（马太福音 5:38），我们就失去了原则。如果我们要进入极大的自由地步，律法就必须结束。然而我们爱神的律法；我们乐意去遵行，而不放下任何一条。

“显然，你们是基督的书信，由永生神的灵所事奉……写在肉体的牌子上，也就是在心上”（哥林多后书3:3）。当神开了心窍，灵与人相融合时，这就是心灵的敬拜。

今天的感悟：我们不是一个以努力为荣的社会，而是一个乐于活在上帝旨意中的社会。

July 19

Be filled with all the fullness of God. — Ephesians 3:19

Scripture reading: Ephesians 3:14–21

We want our whole being to be so full of the life of our Lord that the Holy Spirit can speak and act through us. We want to live always in Him. Oh, the charm of His divine plan! We cry out for the inspiration of the God of power. We want to act in the Holy Spirit. We want to breathe out divine life. We want the glory, miracles, and wonders that work out the plan of the Most High God. We want to be absorbed by God, and we want to know nothing among men except Jesus and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2). Unto You, O God, be the glory and the honor and the power (Revelation 5:13)!

Yes, filled with God,
Yes, filled with God,
Emptied of self and filled with God.

For He is so precious to me,
For He is so precious to me;
It‘s heaven below
My Redeemer to know,
For He is so precious to me.

Can you wonder why I love Him so? May there be a cry until we witness Acts 11:15: “And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them.”

Oh, be on fire, oh, be on fire,
Oh, be on fire for God.
Oh, be on fire, be all on fire,
Be all on fire for God.

Thought for today: To live two days in succession on the same spiritual plane is a tragedy.

7月19日

要充满上帝的一切丰盛。——以弗所书 3:19

经文阅读：以弗所书 3:14–21

我们希望我们的整个存在充满主的生命，好让圣灵能通过我们说话和行动。我们希望永远活在祂里面。哦，祂那神圣计划的魅力啊！我们呼求大能神的启示。我们希望顺着圣灵行动。我们希望呼出神的生命。我们希望得到荣耀、奇迹和奇事，以完成至高神的计划。我们希望被神完全吸收，我们在世上除了耶稣和祂被钉十字架的事（哥林多前书 2:2）之外，不知道任何事。愿荣耀、尊贵和能力都归于你哦，神啊（启示录 5:13）！

是的，充满了上帝，
是的，充满了上帝，
舍弃自我，充满了上帝。

因为他对我如此珍贵，
因为他对我如此珍贵；
认识我的救赎主，
仿佛人间天堂，
因为他对我如此珍贵。

你能不奇怪我为什么如此爱他吗？愿我们一直呼喊，直到亲眼见证使徒行传11:15：“我一开口说话，圣灵就降在他们身上。”

哦，燃烧吧，哦，燃烧吧，
哦，为上帝燃烧吧。
哦，燃烧吧，全都燃烧吧，
全都为上帝燃烧吧。

今天的感想：连续两天生活在同一个精神层面上是一场悲剧。

July 18

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt. — Colossians 4:6

Scripture reading: James 3

Salt has three properties: first, it stings; second, it heals; and third, it preserves. In the same way, your words by the Spirit are filled with grace, yet they cut to the heart, and they bring preservation. We must be very careful to be salty. God‘s Word will not return void; it will accomplish, and it will prosper (Isaiah 55:11)—but our mouths must be clean and our desire wholly for God.

Jesus‘ words were straightforward. To the elite of the holiness movement of His day, He said, “Woe to you…hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs” (Matthew 23:27). To others He said, “You are deceived; you have the idea that you are the children of Abraham, but you are the children of the Devil, and you do his works.”(See John 8:39, 44.) His mouth was full of meekness and gentleness and yet was so salty because of their corruption. Unless you know the charm of Christ, you might think you are out of the working of His eternal power. However, see what the prophet Isaiah said: “A bruised reed He will not break” (Isaiah 42:3).

“Know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6). This is not easy to learn. It is only learned in the place of being absorbed by God. When we are in that place, we seek to glorify God and can give a chastening word full of power to awaken and to save. Use the salt, beloved! Use conviction; use the healing for their preservation.

How true we have to be! You are seasoned with salt. I love it! It is inspiring! It is conviction! Thus the Holy Spirit writes on the fleshly tablets of the temple of the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:3). O Lord, enlarge our sense of Your presence in the temple so that we may discern the Lord‘s body in our midst.

Thought for today: None are so deaf as those who won‘t hear the Word of God; none so blind as those who won‘t see its truth.

7月18日

你们的言语要常常带着恩慈，好像加了盐一样调味。——歌罗西书 4:6

读经：雅各书 3

盐有三个特性：第一，它会刺痛；第二，它能治愈；第三，它能防腐。同样，你被圣灵充满的话语充满了恩典，但它们也能直达内心，并带来保护。我们必须非常小心，要有“盐味”。神的话语不会徒然回到他那里；它会成就，也会兴盛（以赛亚书 55:11）——但我们的口必须纯净，心里的渴望完全向着神。

耶稣的话很直接。对当时圣洁运动中的精英，他说：“你们有祸了……假冒为善的人啊！因为你们就像粉饰的坟墓”（马太福音 23:27）。对其他人，他说：“你们被迷惑了；你们以为自己是亚伯拉罕的后裔，其实你们是魔鬼的子孙，行他所行的事。”（参见约翰福音 8:39, 44。）他的话充满温和与柔顺，但又因为他们的败坏而显得犀利。如果你不了解基督的魅力，你可能会以为自己已经脱离了他永恒大能的作用。但看看先知以赛亚怎么说：“折伤的芦苇，他不折断”（以赛亚书 42:3）。

“要知道怎样回答各人”（歌罗西书 4:6）。这可不容易学到。只有在被神充满的地方才能学到。当我们处在那个地方时，我们寻求荣耀神，并且可以说出充满力量的教诲话语来唤醒和拯救别人。亲爱的，要用盐吧！用警醒的话语；用医治的话语来保全他们。

我们必须是多么真实啊！你充满了智慧和经验。我喜欢这样！这令人振奋！这就是信念！因此，圣灵在灵的殿的属肉体的石板上书写（哥林多后书 3:3）。主啊，扩大我们对您在殿中同在的感知，好让我们能在中间辨认出主的身体。

今日思考：没有人比那些不肯听神的话语的人更聋，没有人比那些不肯看见其真理的人更盲。

July 17

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — Psalm 45:1

Scripture reading: Isaiah 50:4; Psalm 15:1–16:1

Oh, for more people to believe God that “the tongue of the dumb [might] sing” (Isaiah 35:6). When will they? When they believe and fulfill the conditions. Oh, beloved, it is not easy. But Jesus died and rose again for the possibility. “Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22). The whole man needs to be immersed in God so that the Holy Spirit may operate and the dying world may have the ministry of life for which it is famished.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (Romans 8:11)

As the dead body of Christ was given life and brought out by the Holy Spirit, may we be given eyes to see and ears to hear and a tongue to speak as the oracles of God. “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God” (1 Peter 4:11). Those are our orders: speaking what no one knows except the Holy Spirit, as the Spirit gives divine utterance—a language that would never come at all unless the Holy Spirit gave utterance and took the things of Christ and revealed them. Did God answer Paul‘s prayer to be able “to speak the mystery of Christ” (Colossians 4:3)? Yes! “In mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God…from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ” (Romans 15:19).

It was the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, that brought to us redemption. It was by the grace of God—His favor and mercy, a lavished love and an undeserved favor—that God brought salvation. We did not deserve it.

Thought for today: The greatest gift to mankind is to be able to say, “Christ lives in me!”

7月17日

我的舌头像一支熟练作家的笔。——诗篇 45:1

经文阅读：以赛亚书 50:4；诗篇 15:1–16:1

哦，真希望更多人相信上帝，说“哑巴的舌头要唱歌”（以赛亚书35:6）。他们什么时候会信呢？当他们相信并且满足条件的时候。哦，亲爱的，这并不容易。但耶稣为这个可能性而死而复活。“你们要信上帝”（马可福音11:22）。整个人都需要浸入上帝，这样圣灵才能运作，那垂死的世界才能得到它渴求的生命事工。

但如果那位使耶稣从死里复活的圣灵住在你们里面，那位使基督从死里复活的，也必通过住在你们里面的圣灵，使你们必死的身体活过来。（罗马书 8:11）

正如基督的死尸因圣灵而复活并被带出，我们也愿意得到眼睛去看，耳朵去听，舌头去说，如同神的默示。“若有人说话，就当说出神的默示”（彼得前书 4:11）。这就是我们的使命：说出除了圣灵之外无人知道的事，随圣灵说出神的话——一种如果没有圣灵启示、揭示基督之事，绝不会出现的语言。 神是否回答了保罗的祷告，让他能够“讲论基督的奥秘”（歌罗西书 4:3）？是的！ “凭着神的灵的大能行奇事异能……从耶路撒冷直到伊利里古，我已经充分地传讲了基督的福音”（罗马书 15:19）。

正是我们主耶稣基督的恩典，这位伟大的牧羊人的恩典，为我们带来了救赎。正是靠着上帝的恩典——祂的喜爱和怜悯，倾注的爱和不应得的恩惠——上帝带来了救恩。我们并不配得到它。

今日思考：给予人类的最大礼物就是能够说，“基督住在我心里！”

July 16

[Pray] that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. — Ephesians 6:19–20

Scripture reading: Acts 26:1–29

Paul felt, as we do, the need for utterance. He had plenty of language, but he wanted utterance. We can have inspiration, operation, tongue, mind, heart—we need all these. God works through these in this divine order to give forth the truth most needed for the time. But the supreme need of the hour is prayer for utterance.

Paul and his helpers were men sent forth by the power of the Holy Spirit. But without anointing, they could not open the door or give forth the right word for the hour. Paul and his helpers were unequal to the need. Was this an indication that something was out of order? No! We are all dependent on the Holy Spirit to breathe through us.

How can we live in this place, reliant on omnipotent power? It is by the Spirit of the Lord giving vent, speaking through us. It is not an easy thing. God said to David, “It is good that the desire is in your heart.” (See 2 Chronicles 6:8.) But that will not do for us who live in the latter days when God is pouring forth His Spirit, and rivers of power are available are at our word. We need to live by Mark 11:22–23: “Have faith in God.…Whoever…believes…will have whatever he says.” Let God arise. Let God breathe His Holy Spirit through your nature, through your eyes and tongue—the supernatural in the natural for the glory of God. God raised Paul for this ministry. What was the means? Jesus said, “By faith in Me” (Acts 26:18). The faith of God.

Thought for today: Apart from this living breath of the Spirit, the message is ordinary and not extraordinary.

7月16日

[祈祷] 求神赐我话语，让我大胆开口，将福音的奥秘传扬出去；我为此被囚，作为基督的使者；愿我能按照应有的方式大胆讲说。——以弗所书 6:19-20

经文阅读：使徒行传 26:1–29

保罗像我们一样，感到了表达的需要。他有很多语言，但他渴望表达。我们可以有灵感、行动、舌头、思维、心灵——我们需要这一切。上帝通过这些以神圣的秩序工作，传递当时最需要的真理。但当下最迫切的需求是为表达而祈祷。

保罗和他的助手是靠圣灵的能力被差遣出去的人。但没有受膏，他们无法开启门，也无法说出适合当下的正确话。保罗和他的助手无法满足需求。这是不是意味着有什么不对劲？不是！我们都依赖圣灵在我们里面运作。

我们如何能生活在这个依赖全能力量的地方？这是靠主的灵发泄，通过我们说话。这并不容易。神对大卫说：”心里有这样的愿望是好的。”（见历代志下6:8）但是对我们这些生活在后期，当神倾注他的灵、力量之河等着我们使用的时候的人来说，这还不够。我们需要遵循马可福音11:22–23：“你们当信服神……无论谁……信就必拥有他说的。”让神兴起。让神通过你的本性、通过你的眼睛和舌头吹入他的圣灵——在自然中彰显超自然，为神的荣耀。神兴起保罗来完成这个事工。手段是什么？耶稣说，“凭着对我的信心”（使徒行传26:18）。就是神的信心。

今天的想法：除了这活生生的灵魂气息之外，这个信息普通而不特别。