Category: Daily Devotionals – Smith Wigglesworth

February 4

Increase our faith. — Luke 17:5

Scripture reading: Luke 18:1–14

Inactivity must be brought to a place of victory. Inactivity—what wavers, what hesitates, what fears instead of having faith—closes up everything, because it doubts instead of believes in God. What is faith? Faith is the living principle of the Word of God. It is life; it produces life; it changes life. How great our faith should be, for we cannot be saved except by faith. We cannot be kept except by faith. We can only be baptized by faith, and we will be caught up by faith; therefore, faith in the living God is a blessed reality.

All the wonderful things that Jesus did were done so that people might be changed and made like Him. Oh, to be like Him in thought, act, and plan! He went about His Father‘s business and was eaten up with the zeal of His house (Psalm 69:9). I am beginning to understand 1 John 3:2: “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” As I feed on the Word of God, my whole body will be changed by the process of the power of the Son of God.

The Lord dwells in a humble and contrite heart and makes His way into the dry places, so if you open up to Him, He will flood you with His life. You can never cleanse sin; you can never purify sin; you can never be strong if in sin; you will never have a vision while in sin. Revelation stops when sin comes in. The human spirit must come to an end, but the Spirit of Christ must be alive and active. You must die to the human spirit, and then God will quicken your mortal body and make it alive (Romans 8:11). Without holiness no
man will see God (Hebrews 12:14).

Thought for today: A little bit of sin will spoil a whole life.

2月4日

增加我们的信心。——路加福音 17:5

经文阅读：路加福音 18:1–14

懒惰必须被带到胜利的境地。懒惰——那犹豫不决、迟疑不定、惧怕而不是信靠的心态——封闭了一切，因为它怀疑而不是相信神。什么是信心？信心是神话语的活力原则。它是生命；它产生生命；它改变生命。我们的信心应当多么伟大啊，因为我们唯有凭信心才能得救。我们唯有凭信心才能被保守。我们只能凭信心受洗，并将凭信心被提；因此，对永生神的信心是一个蒙福的现实。

耶稣所做的一切奇妙事都是为了让人们得到改变，变得像祂。哦，愿我们在思想、行为和计划上都能像祂一样！祂行走在祂父的事务上，并为祂殿的热心而燃烧（诗篇 69:9）。我开始明白约翰一书 3:2：“亲爱的弟兄啊，我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何，并未显明；但我们知道，他显现的时候，我们要像他，因为必见他本来面目。”当我以神的话语为食时，我的整个身体将通过神子的大能之过程而被改变。

主住在谦卑和痛悔的心中，并进入干渴之地，所以如果你向他敞开心扉，他会用他的生命充满你。你永远无法清除罪；你永远无法净化罪；在罪中你永远无法坚强；你在罪中永远无法拥有异象。罪一进入，启示就停止。人的灵必须结束，但基督的灵必须活着并发挥作用。你必须死于人的灵，然后神会使你必死的身体复活并赋予生命（罗马书8:11）。没有圣洁，就没有人能见神（希伯来书12:14）。

今日思考：一点点罪恶会毁掉整个人生。

February 3

Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. — Mark 11:24

Scripture reading: Matthew 17:14–21

What will it be like when we get rid of this body of flesh? In the meantime, God means for us to put on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:11) while we are here. He wants us to be covered with the covering of His Spirit and to grow in grace and the knowledge of God (2 Peter 3:18).

Oh, what God has laid up for us, and what we may receive through the name of Jesus! Oh, the value of the name, the power of the name; the very name of Jesus brings help from heaven and can bind evil powers and “subdue all things to Himself” (Philippians 3:21). Thank God for victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the sake of saving us, Jesus “endured the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2). How beautiful it is to say with our whole will, “I will be obedient to God.” He is lovely; He is beautiful. I do not remember Him ever denying me anything when I have come to Him; He has never turned me away empty. He is such a wonderful Savior, such a Friend that we can depend upon with assurance, rest, and complete confidence. He can roll away every burden. Think of Him as the exhaustless Savior, the everlasting

Friend, One who knows all things, One who is able to help and deliver us. When we have such a Source as this, we can stretch out our hands and take all that we need from Him.

We may think we have faith in God, but we must not doubt in our hearts. Faith is an inward operation of the divine power that dwells in the contrite heart and can lay hold of things not seen. Faith is a divine act; faith is God in the soul. God operates by His Son and transforms the natural into the supernatural.

Faith is active, never dormant. Faith lays hold; faith is the hand of God; faith is the power of God. Faith never fears; faith lives amid the greatest conflict; faith moves even things that cannot be moved. God fills us with His divine power, and sin is dethroned. “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17). You cannot live by faith until you are just and righteous. You cannot live by faith if you are unholy or dishonest.

In order to understand His fullness, we must be filled with the Holy Spirit. God has a measure for us that cannot be measured. When you are in this relationship, sin is dethroned, but you cannot purify yourself. It is by the blood of Jesus Christ, God‘s Son, that you are cleansed from all sin. We are His life; we are members of His body. The Spirit is in us, and there is no way to abide in the secret place of the Lord except by holiness.

Be filled with the Word of God. Listen, those of you who have stiff knees and stiff arms today, you can get a tonic by the Word of God that will loosen your joints and will divide even your joints and marrow (Hebrews 4:12).

One of the greatest things in the Word of God is that it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Oh, that you may allow the Word of God to have perfect victory in your bodies so that they may be tingling through and through with God‘s divine power! Divine life does not belong to this world but to the kingdom of heaven, and the kingdom of heaven is within you (Luke 17:21).

God wants to purify our minds until we can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things (1 Corinthians 13:7). God dwells in you, but you cannot have this divine power until you live and walk in the Holy Spirit, until the power of the new life is greater than the old life.

God wants us to move mountains. Sometimes things appear as though they cannot be moved, but you can believe in your heart and stand on the Word of God, and God‘s Word will never be defeated. First, believe that you get them, and then you will have them. That is the difficulty with people. They say, “Well, if I could feel I had it, I would know I had it.” But you must believe it, and then the feeling will come. You must believe it because of the Word of God.

Thought for today: Anything that appears to be like a mountain can be moved: the mountains of difficulty, the mountains of perplexity, the mountains of depression or depravity—things that have bound you for years.

2月3日

所以我告诉你们，凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得着的，就必得着。——马可福音 11:24

经文阅读：马太福音 17:14–21

当我们摆脱这具血肉之身时，会是怎样的呢？与此同时，上帝希望我们在这里的时候穿上上帝的全副军装（以弗所书 6:11）。他希望我们被他的灵所遮盖，并在恩典和对上帝的知识上成长（彼得后书 3:18）。

哦，上帝为我们预备的，以及我们可以通过耶稣的名所得到的！哦，这名字的价值，这名字的能力；耶稣的名字本身就能带来来自天上的帮助，并能束缚邪恶的势力，“使万物服从自己”（腓立比书 3:21）。感谢上帝通过我们的主耶稣基督带来的胜利。

为了拯救我们，耶稣“忍受了十字架，轻视羞辱”（希伯来书 12:2）。用我们全心全意说出“我愿顺从神”是多么美好啊。他可爱；他美丽。我不记得当我来到他面前时，他曾拒绝过我什么；他从未让我空手而归。他是如此奇妙的救主，如此可靠的朋友，我们可以满心安心、完全信赖地依靠他。他能卸下我们所有的重担。

把他看作是无尽的救主，永恒的朋友，知晓万事的主，能够帮助和拯救我们的主。当我们拥有这样一位源头时，我们可以伸出双手，从他那里获取我们所需的一切。

我们可能认为我们对上帝有信仰，但我们内心不能怀疑。信仰是居住在悔改心中的神圣力量的内在运作，它能够抓住那些未曾看见的事物。信仰是神圣的行为；信仰就是灵魂中的上帝。上帝通过祂的儿子运作，将自然转化为超自然。

信心是积极的，从不沉睡。信心把握不放；信心是神的手；信心是神的能力。信心从不惧怕；信心在最大的冲突中依然存在；信心能移动那些无法移动的事物。神以祂的神圣力量充满我们，罪恶被废除。“义人必因信得生”（罗马书 1:17）。除非你公义且正直，否则你无法靠信心而活。如果你不圣洁或不诚实，你就无法靠信心而活。

为了明白祂的丰盛，我们必须被圣灵充满。神为我们预备了无法衡量的量。当你与祂有这样的关系时，罪就被废去，但你不能自我洁净。正是靠着神的儿子耶稣基督的血，你才能从一切罪中得洁净。我们是祂的生命；我们是祂身体的肢体。圣灵在我们里面，除了圣洁之外，没有办法住在主的密处。

要充满神的话语。听着，你们中今天膝盖僵硬、手臂僵硬的人，你们可以通过神的话得到一种补药，它会松开你的关节，甚至分开你的关节和骨髓（希伯来书 4:12）。

神的道中最伟大的事之一，就是它能辨明人的心思意念。哦，愿你允许神的话在你的身体里完全得胜，使你的全身充满神的圣力！神的生命不属于这个世界，而属于天国，而天国就在你们心里（路加福音 17:21）。

神希望洁净我们的心思意念，直到我们能够承受一切，相信一切，盼望一切，并忍受一切（哥林多前书 13:7）。神住在你里面，但你无法拥有这种神性的力量，除非你在圣灵里生活和行走，除非新人生命的力量大于旧人生命的力量。

上帝希望我们移动山岳。有时候事情看起来好像无法移动，但你可以在心中相信，并依靠上帝的话语站立，上帝的话语永远不会被击败。首先，相信你已经得到它们，然后你就会拥有它们。这就是人们的难处。他们会说，‘嗯，如果我能感觉到我拥有它，我就会知道我拥有它。’但你必须先相信，然后感觉才会到来。你必须因为上帝的话语而相信它。

今日的思考：任何看似如山的东西都可以被移动：困难的高山、困惑的高山、抑郁或堕落的高山——那些多年来束缚着你的东西。

February 2

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. — Luke 4:4

Scripture reading: Luke 8:5–15

God‘s Word is:
Supernatural in origin.
Eternal in duration.
Inexpressible in valor.
Infinite in scope.
Regenerative in power.
Infallible in authority.
Universal in application.
Inspired in totality.

We should:
Read it through.
Write it down.
Pray it in.
Work it out.
Pass it on.

The Word of God changes a person until he becomes an epistle of God (2 Corinthians 3:3). The Word transforms the mind, changes the character, and gives us an inheritance in the Spirit, until we are conformed—God coming in, dwelling in us, walking and talking through us. There is no God like our God.

God is love. “He who abides in love abides in God” (1 John 4:16). God wants to take ordinary men and bring them into extraordinary conditions. God has room for the thirsty man who is crying out for more of Himself. It is not what we are, but it is what God wants us to be. Beloved, let us rededicate ourselves afresh to God!

Thought for today: God has promised to fulfill, fill full, the desire of those who fear Him.

2月2日

人活着，不是单靠食物，而是靠神的每一句话。——路加福音 4:4

经文阅读：路加福音 8:5–15

神的话是：
超自然起源。
永恒的
勇不可言
范围无限。
恢复力强。
权威上绝对可靠
普遍适用。
完全受到启发。

我们应该：
通读一遍。
写下来。
祈祷它实现。
解决它。
传下去。

神的话语改变一个人，直到他成为神的书信（哥林多后书 3:3）。神的话语改变我们的心意，改变我们的性格，并赐给我们在灵里的产业，直到我们被塑造成——神进入、住在我们里面，通过我们行走说话。没有像我们的神这样的神。

神就是爱。“住在爱里面的，就住在神里面，神也住在他里面。”（约翰一书 4:16）神想要将普通人带入非凡的境地。神为渴望更多认识祂的人预备了空间。关键不是我们现在是什么样的人，而是神希望我们成为什么样的人。亲爱的，让我们重新献上自己，向神再次献身吧！

今日思考：上帝应许要满足、充满敬畏祂之人的愿望。

February 1

The word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. — Hebrews 4:2

Scripture reading: Psalm 119:41–50; Luke 22:15–20

The words of Jesus are life—never think they are less. If you believe them, you will feel quickened. The Word is powerful; it is full of faith. The Word of God is vital. Faith is established and made manifest as we hear the Word. Beloved, read the Word of God in quietude, and read it out loud, for “he who hears My word” (John 5:24), to him it gives life.

Listen to these words from Scripture: “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15); “The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners” (Mark 14:41). From the beginning of time, there has never been an hour like this. These words were among the greatest that Jesus ever spoke: “The hour has come.”

Time was finished and eternity had begun for every soul that was covered with the blood. Until that hour, all people lived only to die, but the moment the sacrifice was made, it was not the end but only the beginning. The soul, covered with the blood, has moved from a natural to an eternal union with the Lord. Instead of death will be the fullness of life divine.

While I was in Jerusalem, I preached many weeks outside the Damascus Gate, and God mightily blessed my ministry. It is wonderful to be in the place where God can use you. As I was leaving Jerusalem, some Jews who had heard me preach wanted to travel with me and stay at the same hotel where I was staying. When we were sitting around the table eating, they said, “What we cannot understand is that when you preach we feel such power. You move us. There is something about it; we cannot help but feel that you have something different from what we have been used to hearing. What is it?”

I replied that it was because I preached Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit, for He was the Messiah, and He causes a child of His to live in the reality of a clear knowledge of Himself so that others know and feel His power. It is this knowledge that the church today needs so much.

Do not be satisfied with anything less than the knowledge of a real change in your nature, the knowledge of the indwelling presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Do not be satisfied with a life that is not wholly swallowed up in God.

There are many books written about the Word, and we love clear, definite teaching on it. But go to the Book, and listen to what the Master says. You will lay a sure foundation that cannot be moved, for we are born again by the incorruptible Word of God (1 Peter 1:23). We need the simplicity, the rest of faith, that brings us to the place where we are steadfast and immovable. How wonderful the living Word of God is!

Can you not see that the Master was so interested in you that He would despise the shame of the cross (Hebrews 12:2)? The judgment hall was nothing to Him; all the rebukes and scorn could not take from Him the joy of saving you and me. His sacrificial love and joy caused Him to say, “I consider nothing too vile to endure on behalf of Wigglesworth; I count nothing too horrid to bear for Brown; My soul is on the wing to save the world!‖ How beautiful this is! How it should thrill us! He knew that death was represented in that sacred cup, yet He joyfully said, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15). Take the bread, drink of the cup, and as often as you take it, remember (1 Corinthians 11:24–25). In other words, take the memory of what it means home with you; think on it, and analyze its meaning.

As we come to the time of the breaking of bread, the thought should be, “How should I partake of it?” We should be able to say, “Lord, I desire to eat it to please You, for I want my whole life to be for You!” As the stream of the new life begins to flow through your being, allow yourself to be immersed and carried on until your life becomes a ceaseless flow of the river of life. Then it will be “No longer I who live…but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20). Get ready for the breaking of bread and for partaking of the wine, and in doing so, remember Him.

Thought for today: We are no better than our faith.

2月1日

他们所听见的道没有益处，因为没有与听道的人们的信心结合。——希伯来书 4:2

经文阅读：诗篇 119:41–50；路加福音 22:15–20

耶稣的话就是生命——永远不要认为它们不重要。如果你相信它们，你会感到被激活。道是有力量的；它充满了信心。神的话是至关重要的。当我们听到神的话时，信心就建立并显明出来。亲爱的，在宁静中读神的话，也要大声朗读，因为“听我话的”（约翰福音 5:24），它给人生命。

听听圣经中的这些话：“我多么热切地渴望在受苦之前与你们一同吃这逾越节啊”（路加福音 22:15）；“时候到了，看哪，人子被交在罪人手里了”（马可福音 14:41）。从时间的起点起，还从未有过像这样的时刻。这些话是耶稣所说过的最重要的话之一：“时候到了。”

时间已经结束，永恒已经开始，对于每一个被血覆盖的灵魂都是如此。在那一刻之前，所有人只是活着直到死亡，但当牺牲完成的那一刻，这不是结束，而只是开始。被血覆盖的灵魂已经从自然状态转向与主的永恒联合。取而代之的不是死亡，而是神圣生命的充实。

当我在耶路撒冷时，我在大马士革门外讲道了好几个星期，上帝大大地祝福了我的事工。能在上帝可以使用你的地方真是太美妙了。当我离开耶路撒冷时，一些听过我讲道的犹太人想和我一起旅行，并住在我住的同一家酒店。当我们围坐在桌旁吃饭时，他们说：“我们不理解的是，当你讲道时，我们感受到如此大的力量。你打动了我们。这其中有某种特别的东西；我们情不自禁地觉得你所说的和我们习惯听的不同。这是什么呢？”

我回答说，这是因为我在圣灵的能力中传讲耶稣，因为祂是弥赛亚，祂使祂的子民活在对祂清晰的认识的现实中，以便其他人能够知道并感受到祂的能力。今天的教会非常需要这种认识。

不要满足于对你本性真正改变的知识有所不足，也不要满足于对圣灵内住的存在和力量的知识有所不足。不要满足于一种没有完全沉浸在神里的生活。

关于圣言有许多书籍被写出来，我们喜欢对其有清晰、明确的教导。但去读这本书，听听大师怎么说。你将奠定一个坚固不可动摇的基础，因为我们是靠着神那不朽的道重生的（彼得前书 1:23）。我们需要那简单的信心安息，使我们达到一种坚定不移的状态。神的活道是多么奇妙啊！

你难道看不出，师父对你是多么关心，以至于他甘愿轻视十字架的羞辱（希伯来书 12:2）吗？审判厅对他来说算不了什么；所有的责备和嘲笑都不能夺去他拯救你我之人的喜乐。他那牺牲的爱和喜乐使他说：“我认为为了维格尔斯沃斯没有什么苦难是不能忍受的；我觉得为了布朗没有什么可怕是不能承受的；我的灵魂正展翅要拯救世界！”这是多么美丽啊！这应当让我们心潮澎湃！他知道那圣杯中象征着死亡，然而他却喜乐地说：“我非常渴望，在我受苦之前与你们一起吃这逾越节的筵席”（路加福音 22:15）。拿起饼，喝这杯，每当你吃喝时，都要记念（哥林多前书 11:24–25）。换句话说，把它的意义记在心里；思考它，并分析其含义。

当我们来到擘饼的时候，心中应当想的是：“我该如何参与其中？”我们应当能够说：“主啊，我渴望吃这饼来取悦祢，因为我希望我的整个人生都为祢！” 当新生命的涌流开始流经你的存在时，让自己沉浸其中，被带动，直到你的生命成为不断流动的生命之河。 那时就会成真：“如今活着的不再是我，而是基督在我里面活着”（加拉太书 2:20）。预备好来参加擘饼和喝杯酒，并在这样做的时候，纪念祂。

今日思考：我们的价值不比我们的信仰更高。

January 31

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ. — 2 Corinthians 3:2–3

Scripture reading: Matthew 8:14–27

Every believer should be a living epistle of the Word, one who is read and known by all. Your very presence should bring such a witness of the Spirit that everyone with whom you come in contact will know that you are a sent one, a light in the world, a manifestation of Christ, a biblical Christian. Jesus‘ disciples had to learn that whatever He said must come to pass. Jesus said—very slowly and thoughtfully, I believe—the following:

Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters. Then you shall say to the master of the house, “The Teacher says to you, ‘Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’” (Luke 22:10–11)

Beloved, let me say this, there was no person in Palestine who had ever seen a man bearing a pitcher of water. It is an unknown thing. Therefore, we find Jesus beginning with a prophecy that brought that inward knowledge to them that what He said must come to pass. This is the secret of the Master‘s life: prophecy that never failed. There is no power that can change the Word of God. Jesus was working out this great thought in the hearts of His disciples so that they might know that what He said would come to pass. After Jesus had given that wonderful command to Peter and John, those disciples were walking into the city, no doubt in deep meditation, when suddenly they cried out in amazement, “Look! There he is! Just as the Master has said.”

When I was in Jerusalem, I was preaching on Mount Olivet, and as I looked down to my right I saw where the two ways met, where the donkey was tied. I could see the Dead Sea, and while I was preaching, I saw at least 150 women going down with pitchers and then carrying them back on their heads, full of water. But I did not see one man. However, Jesus said that it had to be a man, and so it was, for no one could change His word.

Some have said to me that He had it all arranged for a man to carry a pitcher of water. I want to tell you that God does not have to arrange with mortals to carry out His plans. God has the power to hear the cry of some poor needy child of His who may be suffering in England, Africa, China, or anywhere else, saying, “O God, You know my need.” And in New York, Germany, California, or some other place, there is a disciple of His on his knees, and the Lord will say to him, “Send help to that brother or sister, and do not delay.” And the help comes. He did not need to arrange for a man to help Him out by carrying a pitcher of water. He works according to His Word, and Jesus said a man would carry water.

What did those disciples do as they saw the man? Did they go forward to meet him? No, they waited for the man, and when he came up, they probably walked alongside of him without a word until he was about to enter the house. Then I can hear one saying to him, “Please, sir, the Master wants the guest chamber!” “The guest chamber? Why, I was preparing it all day yesterday but did not know whom it was for.” With man things are impossible, but God is the unfolder of the mysteries of life and holds the universe in the hollow of His hand. What we need to know now is that “the LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty” (Zephaniah 3:17 KJV), and
He works according to His Word.

Thought for today: We need a faith that leaps into the will of God and says, “Amen!”

活生生的书信

1月31日

你们是我们心里所写的信，被众人所知道、所认读；清楚地说，你们是基督的信。——哥林多后书 3:2–3

圣经阅读：马太福音 8:14–27

每一个信徒都应该成为活的书信，是人人都能读懂和认识的那种人。你的存在本身就应该带来圣灵的见证，使你接触的每一个人都能知道你是被差遣的，是世界的光，是基督的显现，是圣经上的基督徒。耶稣的门徒必须学习，无论祂说什么，必将成就。我相信，耶稣非常缓慢而深思熟虑地说了以下的话：

看哪，你们进了城，就必有人拿着水罐迎接你们，你们要跟从他进入他所进入的屋子；然后你们要对那屋子的主人说：‘夫子说：我在哪里预备吃逾越节与我的门徒呢？’（路加福音 22:10-11）

亲爱的，让我这么说，在巴勒斯坦，没有人曾经见过一个人提着水壶行走。这是一个未知的事。因此，我们发现耶稣从一个预言开始，这预言将那内在的知识带给他们，让他们知道他所说的必定会成就。这是大师生命的秘密：永不失败的预言。没有任何力量可以改变上帝的话语。耶稣正在弟子们心中实现这个伟大的思想，使他们知道他所说的定将成就。当耶稣将那奇妙的命令交给彼得和约翰后，那些门徒正走进城里，毫无疑问地在深深沉思中，突然他们惊奇地喊道：“看！他在那儿！正如大师所说。”

当我在耶路撒冷时，我正在橄榄山讲道，当我向右下方望去时，我看到了两条路交汇的地方，那裡驴子被拴着。我可以看到死海，而当我讲道时，我看到至少有150个妇女提着水罐下去，然后把装满水的罐子顶在头上带回来。但我没有看到一个男人。然而，耶稣说必须是一个男人，事实也是如此，因为没有人能改变祂的话。有些人对我说，祂早就安排好由一个男人来提水罐。我想告诉你，上帝不需要与凡人安排以实现祂的计划。上帝有能力听到祂那或许正在英格兰、非洲、中国或其他任何地方受苦的可怜需要祂的孩子的呼求，说：“上帝啊，祢知道我的需要。”而在纽约、德国、加利福尼亚或其他地方，祂有一个门徒跪下祷告，主会对他说：“去帮助那位弟兄或姐妹，不要拖延。”然后帮助就来了。祂不需要安排一个男人通过提水罐来帮助祂。祂按照祂的话语工作，耶稣说过会有一个男人来提水。

那些门徒看到那个人时做了什么？他们上前去迎接他了吗？没有，他们等着那个人，当他走近时，他们可能默默地与他并肩而行，直到他准备进屋。然后我能听见有人对他说：“请，先生，主人想要客房！”“客房？为什么，我昨天整天都在准备，但不知道这是为谁准备的。”在人看来事情是不可能的，但神是生命奥秘的显现者，掌管宇宙在他手掌之中。我们现在需要知道的是，“耶和华你的神在你中间，是大能者”（西番雅书 3:17 KJV），并且他按照他的话语工作。

今日思考：我们需要一种信心，能够跳入上帝的旨意中，并说：“阿门！”

January 30

This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. — 1 Corinthians 11:25

Scripture reading: Luke 22:7–39

No service is so wonderful to me as the service of partaking in the Lord‘s Supper, the Holy Communion. I would love to see the saints gather together at every meeting in order to remember Christ‘s death, His resurrection, and His ascension. What a thought that Jesus Himself instituted this glorious memorial for us. Oh, that God would let us see that it is “as often” as we do it. It is not weekly, not monthly, not quarterly, but “as often” as we do it. What a blessed remembrance it is to know that He took away our sins.

I am sure that every Christian has a great desire to do something for Jesus, and what He wants us to do is to keep in remembrance the cross, the grave, the Resurrection, and the Ascension; the memory of these four events will always bring us into a place of great blessing. You do not need, however, to continually live on the cross, or even in remembrance of the cross, but what you need to remember about the cross is, “It is finished” (John 19:30). You do not need to live in the grave, but only keep in remembrance that “He is risen” (Matthew 28:6) out of the grave and that we are to be seated “with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:4).

The institution of the Lord‘s Supper is one of those settings in Scripture, a time in the history of our Lord Jesus Christ, when the mystery of the glories of Christ was being unveiled. As the Master walked on this earth, the multitudes would gather with eagerness and longing in their hearts to hear the words that dropped from His gracious lips. But there were also those who had missed the vision. They saw the Christ, heard His words, but those wonderful words were like idle tales to them.

When we miss the vision and do not come into the fullness of the ministry of the Spirit, there is a reason. Beloved, there is a deadness in us that must have the resurrection touch. Today we have the unveiled truth, for the dispensation of the Holy Spirit has come to unfold the fullness of redemption so that we might be clothed with power. What brings us into the state where God can pour His blessing upon us is a broken spirit and a contrite heart (Psalm 51:17). We need to examine ourselves to see what state we are in, whether we are just religious or whether we are truly in Christ.

The human spirit, when perfectly united with the Holy Spirit, has but one place, and that is death, death, and deeper death. In this place, the human spirit will cease to desire to have its own way, and instead of “My will,” the cry of the heart will be, “May Your will, O Lord, be done in me.”

Thought for today: Jesus is interceding for us to keep us right, holy, ready, mighty, and filled with Himself so that we might bring the fragrance of heaven to the world‘s needs.