Category: Daily Devotionals – Smith Wigglesworth

March 2

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. — Proverbs 3:6

Scripture reading: Proverbs 3:1–26

After Jesus had departed from the Pharisees, He said to His disciples, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees” (Matthew 16:6). The disciples began to discuss this warning among themselves, and all they could think of was that they had brought no bread. What were they going to do? Then Jesus uttered these words: “O you of little faith” (v. 8). He had been with them for quite a while, yet they were still a great disappointment to Him because of their lack of comprehension and of faith. They could not grasp the profound spiritual truth He was bringing to them and could only think about having brought no bread. So Jesus said to them,

O you of little faith…Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? (Matthew 16:8–10)

Do you keep in mind how God has been gracious in the past? God has done wonderful things for all of us. If we keep these things in mind, we will be “strengthened in [our] faith” (Romans 4:20). We should be able to defy Satan in everything. Remember that the Lord has led all the way. When Joshua passed over the Jordan on dry land, he told the people to pick up twelve stones and set them up in Gilgal. These were to be a constant reminder to the children of Israel that they came over the Jordan on dry land. (See Joshua 4:20–24.) How many times had Jesus shown His disciples the mightiness of His power? Yet they failed in faith right here.

Thought for today: The difference between those who are being led by the Holy Spirit and those who are being deceived by Satan is joy, gladness, and a calm expression instead of sadness, sorrow, and depression.

3月2日

你一切所行的事都要认定他，他必指引你的路。— 箴言 3:6

经文阅读：箴言 3:1–26

耶稣离开法利赛人以后，对门徒说：“你们要谨慎，防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。”（马太福音 16:6）门徒就彼此讨论这句话，只想着自己没有带饼。怎么办呢？耶稣又说：“小信的人啊！”（第 8 节）他已经和他们同在很长时间，但他们仍令他非常失望，因为他们缺乏理解和信心。他们无法领会他所传讲的深奥属灵真理，只想着没有带饼。于是耶稣对他们说，

你们这小信的人啊……你们还不明白吗？还不记得那五千人所吃的五个饼，你们拿了多少筐吗？也不记得那四千人所吃的七个饼，你们拿了多少大筐吗？（马太福音 16:8–10）

你是否牢记上帝过去如何施恩？上帝为我们所有人做了奇妙的事。如果我们记住这些事，我们的“信心就会坚固”（罗马书 4:20）。我们应该能够在一切事情上抵挡撒但。记住，主一直在引领。当约书亚带领以色列人踏过干旱的约旦河时，他吩咐百姓拾起十二块石头，立在吉甲。这些石头要永远提醒以色列的子孙，他们是怎么从干旱的约旦河渡过来的。（见约书亚记 4:20–24）耶稣向门徒显明过多少次祂权能的伟大？然而，他们就在这里在信心上失败了。

今日思考：被圣灵引导的人与被撒旦欺骗的人之间的区别在于，前者拥有喜乐、欢欣和平静的表情，而不是悲伤、忧愁和抑郁。

March 1

With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. — Matthew 19:26

Scripture reading: Psalm 77

At one time I was so bound that no human power could help me. My wife thought that I would pass away. At that time I had just a faint glimpse of Jesus as the Healer. For six months I had been suffering from appendicitis, occasionally getting temporary relief. I went to the mission of which I was the pastor, but I fell to the floor in awful agony, and I was brought home to my bed. All night I was praying, pleading for deliverance, but none came. My wife was sure it was my call home to heaven and sent for a physician. He said that there was no possible chance for me—my body was too weak. Having had the appendicitis for six months, my whole system was drained. Because of that, he thought that it was too late for an operation. He left my wife in a state of brokenheartedness.

After he left, a young man and an old lady came to our door. I knew that the old lady was a woman of real prayer. They came upstairs to my room. This young man jumped on the bed and commanded the evil spirit to come out of me. He shouted, “Come out, you devil! I command you to come out in the name of Jesus!” There was no chance for an argument or for me to tell him that I would never believe that there was a devil inside of me. The thing had to go in the name of Jesus, and it went. I was instantly healed. I arose, dressed, and went downstairs. I was still in the plumbing business, and I asked my wife, “Is there any work in? I‘m all right now, and I am going to work.” I found that there was a certain job to be done, and I picked up my tools and went off to do it. Just after I left, the doctor came in, put his hat down in the hall, and walked up to the bedroom. But the invalid was not there. “Where is Mr. Wigglesworth?” he asked. “Oh, doctor, he‘s gone out to work,” said my wife. “You‘ll never see him alive again,” said the doctor; “they‘ll bring him back a corpse.”

Well, God was not ready for me to be a corpse. Since that time the Lord has given me the privilege of praying for people with appendicitis in many parts of the world, and I have seen a great many people up and dressed within a quarter of an hour from the time I prayed for them. We have a living Christ who is willing to meet people in every place.

Our God is real, and He has saving and healing power today. Our Jesus is just the same “yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). He saves and heals today just as of old, and He wants to be your Savior and your Healer.

Oh, if you would only believe God! What would happen? The greatest things. Some have never tasted the grace of God, have never had the peace of God. Unbelief robs them of these blessings. It is possible to hear and yet not to perceive the truth. It is possible to read the Word and not share in the life it brings. It is necessary for us to have the Holy Spirit to unfold the Word and bring to us the life that is Christ. We can never fully understand the wonders of this redemption until we are full of the Holy Spirit.

Thought for today: If Satan were almighty, we would all have to quake with fear. But when we know that Satan is subject to the powers of God in everything, we can be conquerors over every situation.

3月1日

在人这是不能的，在神凡事都能。 — 马太福音 19:26

经文阅读：诗篇 77篇

曾经我被捆绑得如此紧，以至于没有人力可以帮助我。我的妻子以为我会去世。那时，我只隐约看到耶稣作为医治者。六个月来，我一直患有阑尾炎，偶尔获得短暂的缓解。我去了我所牧养的宣教会，但我痛苦得倒在地上，被送回家床铺上。整夜我都在祈祷，恳求得解脱，但没有任何效果。我的妻子确信这是我被召回天国，于是找来了医生。他说我没有任何可能生还——我的身体太虚弱。由于已经患有阑尾炎六个月，我的整个系统都被耗尽。因此，他认为手术为时已晚。他留下了我妻子处于心碎的状态。

他离开后，一个年轻人和一位老太太来到我们家门口。我知道那位老太太是一个真正会祷告的人。他们上楼来到我的房间。这个年轻人跳上床，命令邪灵从我体内出来。他喊道：“出来，你这个魔鬼！我奉耶稣的名命令你出来！”我没有机会争辩，也无法告诉他我永远不会相信我体内有魔鬼。那东西必须奉耶稣的名离开，它也离开了。我立刻痊愈了。我起身穿好衣服，下楼去。我仍然从事管道工作，我问妻子：“有什么工作吗？我现在没事了，我要去工作。”我发现确实有一项工作要做，于是拿起工具去干。就在我离开不久，医生进来了，把帽子放在走廊里，然后走向卧室。但卧病在床的人不在那里。“Wigglesworth先生在哪里？”他问。“哦，医生，他出去工作了，”妻子说。“你再也不会看到他活着回来，”医生说，“他们会把他当作尸体带回来的。”

嗯，上帝还没有准备好让我成为一个尸体。从那时起，主赐给我在世界许多地方为阑尾炎患者祈祷的特权，我已经看到许多人在我为他们祈祷后的不到十五分钟内恢复并穿好衣服。我们有一位活着的基督，他愿意在每个地方与人相遇。

我们的神是真实的，祂今天仍然有拯救和医治的能力。我们的耶稣仍然是那位“昨日、今日、一直到永远”一样的主（希伯来书 13:8）。祂今天同样拯救和医治人，正如从前一样，祂希望成为你的救主和医治者。

哦，如果你们肯相信上帝！会发生什么呢？将是最伟大的事情。有些人从未尝过上帝的恩典，从未拥有上帝的平安。不信使他们失去这些祝福。听到真理而不理解是可能的。阅读圣言而不分享其带来的生命也是可能的。我们需要圣灵来展开圣言，并将那属基督的生命带给我们。在我们充满圣灵之前，我们永远无法完全理解这救赎的奇妙。

今日的思考：如果撒旦是全能的，我们所有人都必须战栗害怕。但当我们知道撒旦在一切事上都受上帝权能的管辖时，我们就可以在每种情况下成为征服者。

February 29

They brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.” — Matthew 8:16–17

Scripture reading: Matthew 25:14–46

“Is there anyone sick in this place?” This is what I ask when I go into a sickroom. Why? I will tell you a story that will explain.

My daughter is a missionary to Africa. I am interested in helping to support missionaries in Africa and all over. I love missionary work.

We had a missionary out in China who by some means or other got rheumatism. I have no word for rheumatism; rheumatism, cancer, tumors, lumbago, neuralgia—all these things I give only one name: the power of the Devil working in humanity. All these things can be removed.

When Jesus went into Peter‘s house, where his wife‘s mother lay sick, what did He do? Did He cover her up with a blanket and put a hot water bottle on her feet? If He didn‘t do that, why didn‘t He? Because He knew that the demons had all the heat of hell in them. He did the right thing: He rebuked the fever, and it left. (See Luke 4:38–39.) We, too, ought to do the right thing with these diseases.

This missionary came home to Belfast from China, enraged against the work of God, enraged against God, enraged against everything. She was absolutely outside the plan of God.

While she was in Belfast, God allowed her to fall down some steps and dislocate her backbone. Others had to lift her up and carry her to her bed. God allowed it.

Be careful about getting angry at God because of something wrong with your body. Get right with God.

On the day that I was to visit the sick, she asked me to come. When I went to her room, I looked at her and called out, “Is there anyone sick in this room?” No response. “Is there anyone sick in this room? No response. “Well,” I said, “we will wait until somebody responds.”

By and by, she said, “Yes, I am sick.” I said, “All right, we have found you out then. You are in the room. Now the Word of God says that when you are sick, you are to pray. When you pray, I will anoint you and pray for you, but not before.”

It took her almost a quarter of an hour to yield, the Devil had such possession of her. But, thank God, she yielded. Then she cried and cried, and by the power of God her body was shaken loose, and she was set free. This happened when she repented, and not before.

Oh, what would happen if everybody would repent! Talk about blessings The glory would fall. We need to see that God wants us to be blessed, but first of all He wants us to be ready for the blessing.

God wants you to have a living faith; He wants you to possess a vital touch, shaking the foundation of all weakness. When you were saved, you were saved the moment you believed, and you will be healed the moment you believe. If you believe, you can be healed. God means for you to believe today; God means for you to be helped today.

Thought for today: God‘s Word can bring things to pass today as it did in the past.

2月29日

他们把许多被鬼附的人带到他面前，他只用一句话就赶出邪灵，又治好了所有的病人，正应了先知以赛亚所说的话，说：“他亲自担当了我们的疾病，背负了我们的痛苦。” — 马太福音 8:16–17

圣经阅读：马太福音 25:14–46

“这里有人生病吗？”这是我进入病房时会问的话。为什么呢？我会给你讲一个故事来解释。

我的女儿是去非洲的传教士。我有兴趣帮助支持非洲以及全世界的传教士。我热爱传教工作。

我们曾有一位传教士在中国，不知以何种方式患上了风湿病。我没有风湿病这个词；风湿病、癌症、肿瘤、腰痛、神经痛——所有这些东西我只给一个名字：人类中恶魔的力量在作祟。所有这些都可以被消除。

当耶稣进了彼得的家，看见他的岳母病了，祂做了什么？祂是不是给她盖上毯子，在她脚上放热水袋？如果祂没有这么做，为什么没有？因为祂知道魔鬼身上带着地狱的烈火。祂做了正确的事：祂责备发烧，发烧就离开了。（见路加福音 4:38-39）我们也应该用正确的方式对待这些疾病。

这位传教士从中国回到贝尔法斯特，对上帝的工作感到愤怒，对上帝感到愤怒，对一切都感到愤怒。她完全不在上帝的计划之中。

当她在贝尔法斯特时，上帝让她从楼梯上摔下，导致脊椎脱臼。别人不得不把她抬起来送到床上。上帝允许了这一切。

要小心因身体上的问题而对上帝生气。与上帝和好。

在我准备去看望病人的那天，她叫我过去。当我走进她的房间时，我看着她并喊道：“这个房间里有人生病吗？”没有回应。“这个房间里有人生病吗？”仍然没有回应。“好吧，”我说，“我们就等着有人回应吧。”

过了一会儿，她说：“是的，我生病了。”我说：“好吧，那我们就发现了你。你在房间里。现在神的话说，当你生病时，你要祈祷。当你祈祷时，我会按手抹油为你祈祷，但在那之前不会这样做。”

她几乎花了四分之十五个小时才屈服，魔鬼对她有如此大的控制。但感谢上帝，她屈服了。然后她哭啊哭，通过上帝的力量，她的身体被解脱，她获得了自由。这发生在她悔改的时候，而不是之前。

哦，如果每个人都悔改会发生什么！说到祝福，荣耀将降临。我们需要明白，上帝希望我们得到祝福，但首先他希望我们为祝福做好准备。

上帝希望你有活泼的信心；祂希望你拥有一种充满活力的触碰，震动一切软弱的根基。当你得救时，你在相信的那一刻就已经得救，你在相信的那一刻也会被医治。如果你相信，你就可以被医治。上帝希望你今天就相信；上帝希望你今天就得到帮助。

今日的思考：上帝的话语今天可以像过去一样带来结果。

February 28

Your healing shall spring forth speedily. — Isaiah 58:8

Scripture reading: Jeremiah 33:3–16

The ministry of Christ did not end at the Cross. Our blessed Lord Jesus is still alive and continues His ministry through those who are filled with His Spirit. He is still healing the brokenhearted and delivering the captives through those on whom He places His Spirit.

I was traveling on a train in Sweden. At one station, an old lady boarded with her daughter. That old lady‘s expression was so troubled that I asked what was the matter with her. I heard that she was going to the hospital to have her leg amputated. She began to weep as she told me that the doctors had said that there was no hope for her except through having her leg amputated. I said to my interpreter, “Tell her that Jesus can heal her.” The instant these words were said to her, it was as though a veil had been taken off her face; it became so radiant. We stopped at another station, and
the train filled up with people. A large group of men rushed to board the train, and the Devil said, “You‘re done.” But I knew I had the best situation. Hard things are always opportunities to gain more glory for the Lord as He manifests His power.

Every trial is a blessing. There have been times when I have been hard pressed through circumstances, and it seemed as if a dozen steamrollers were going over me, but we have such a lovely Jesus. He always proves Himself to be such a mighty Deliverer. He never fails to plan the best things for us.

As the train began moving, I crouched down and in the name of Jesus commanded the disease to leave. The old lady cried, “I‘m healed! I know I‘m healed!” She stamped her leg and said, “I‘m going to prove it.” So when we stopped at another station, she marched up and down and shouted, “I‘m not going to the hospital.” Once again our wonderful Jesus had proven Himself a Healer of the brokenhearted, a Deliverer of one who was bound.

Thought for today: The hardest circumstances are just lifting places into the grace of God.

2月28日

你的痊愈必迅速而来。——以赛亚书 58:8

经文阅读：耶利米书 33:3–16

基督的事工并没有在十字架上结束。我们蒙福的主耶稣仍然活着，并通过那些充满祂圣灵的人继续祂的事工。祂仍然通过祂所赐圣灵的人医治伤心的人，释放被捆绑的人。

我当时正在瑞典乘火车旅行。在一个车站，一位老太太带着她的女儿上了车。那位老太太的表情非常忧虑，所以我问她怎么了。我听说她要去医院截腿。她告诉我医生说除了截腿之外没有希望时，便开始哭泣。我对我的翻译说：“告诉她耶稣可以医治她。”当这些话说给她听的瞬间，好像一层帷幕被从她的脸上拿开；她的脸变得如此光彩照人。我们在另一个车站停下，火车上挤满了人。一大群男子冲上火车，魔鬼说道：“你完了。”但是我知道我处在最好的境地。艰难的事情总是彰显主的大能、获得更多荣耀的机会。

每一次考验都是一种祝福。有时我在环境的压力下曾感到十分艰难，仿佛有十几辆压路机碾过我，但我们有如此可爱的耶稣。他总是证明自己是如此强大的救主。他从不失败，总是为我们安排最美好的事情。

当火车开始行驶时，我蹲下身来，并奉耶稣的名命令疾病离开。那位老太太哭着说：“我痊愈了！我知道我痊愈了！”她跺着腿说：“我要证明给大家看。”所以当我们在另一个车站停下时，她来回走动并大喊：“我不去医院。”我们的奇妙的耶稣再次证明了自己是一位医治伤心者的医生，是释放被捆绑之人的救主。

今日思考：最艰难的环境只是将人提升到神的恩典之中。

February 27

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. — Acts 2:4

Scripture reading: Acts 1:4–14; 2:1–4

Before Jesus went to heaven, He told His disciples that they would receive the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). Thus, through them, His gracious ministry would continue. This power of the Holy Spirit was not only for a few apostles, but even for those who were afar off (Acts 2:39), even for us way down in this century. Some ask, “But wasn‘t this power just for the privileged few in the first century?” No. Read the Master‘s Great Commission as recorded in Mark 16:15–18, and you will see it is for those who believe.

After I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, I sought the mind of the Lord as to why I had been baptized. One day I came home from work and went into the house. My wife asked me, “Which way did you come in?” I told her that I had come in the back door. She said, “There is a woman upstairs who has brought an eighty-year-old man to be prayed for. He is raving, and a great crowd has gathered outside the front door, ringing the doorbell and wanting to know what is going on in the house.” The Lord quietly whispered, “This is what I baptized you for.”

I carefully opened the door of the room where the man was, desiring to be obedient to what my Lord would say to me. The man was crying and shouting in distress, “I am lost! I am lost! I have committed the unpardonable sin. I am lost! I am lost!” My wife asked, “Smith, what should we do?” The Spirit of the Lord moved me to cry out, “Come out, you lying spirit.” In a moment the evil spirit went, and the man was free. God gives deliverance to the captives. And the Lord said again to me, “This is what I baptized you for.” There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, reigns supreme in our lives. The Spirit reveals, unfolds, and takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us (John 16:14).

Thought for today: The Holy Spirit prepares us to be more than a match for satanic forces.

2月27日

他们都被圣灵充满，按着圣灵所赐的口才，说起别国的话来。 —— 使徒行传 2:4

经文阅读：使徒行传 1:4–14；2:1–4

在耶稣升天之前，他告诉门徒们，他们将会领受圣灵的能力（使徒行传 1:8）。因此，通过他们，他的恩典事工得以继续。圣灵的这种能力不仅仅是给少数使徒的，甚至是为那些远方的人准备的（使徒行传 2:39），也包括我们，生活在这个世纪的人。有些人会问：“但是，这种能力不是只给第一世纪的少数特权者吗？”不是的。阅读马可福音 16:15-18 中记载的耶稣的大使命，你会看到它是为所有信的人准备的。

在我领受圣灵的洗后，我寻求主的心意，想知道我为什么会受洗。有一天，我下班回到家，走进房子。我的妻子问我：“你是从哪边进来的？”我告诉她我是从后门进来的。她说：“楼上有一位妇女带来一位八十岁的老人祷告。他正在胡言乱语，门外聚集了很多人，按门铃，想知道屋里发生了什么。”主轻声耳语说：“这就是我给你受洗的目的。”

我小心翼翼地打开那名男子所在房间的门，渴望顺从主对我所说的话。那名男子正在痛哭和喊叫，“我完了！我完了！我犯了不可饶恕的罪。我完了！我完了！”我的妻子问：“史密斯，我们该怎么办？” 主的灵感动我喊道：“出来吧，你这说谎的灵。” 片刻之间，恶灵离开了，那名男子得到了自由。神赐给被囚的人解救。主又对我说：“这就是我为你施洗的目的。” 在我们的生命中，有一个地方，神通过圣灵的能力掌权至高无上。圣灵启示、展开，并将基督的事指示我们（约翰福音 16:14）。

今日思考：圣灵预备我们，使我们能超越撒旦的力量。