Don't Listen to Lies

And a very good morning to you! It is Monday morning, the 4th of April, the year 2022. And this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

John 10:10

The devil is a thief. He is a compulsive liar, he cannot physically hurt us because he has no power. His neck was broken by Jesus on the Cross of Calvary at this very season, Easter. On Easter Sunday Christ rose from the dead and the sting of death lost its power. 1 Corinthians 15:55:

“O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”

I want to tell you that if the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you and me, that same Spirit shall quicken our mortal bodies! We really need to understand something - The devil has got no power. He is a liar and a thief. He is the father of all liars. He is the deceiver of the brethren, I want to say to you today, don’t listen to his lies.

You know, just over a week ago, we were called to the Eastern Cape to pray for rain. People had been writing to us for weeks, “Please hold a prayer meeting for rain.” The only province in our country, South Africa, that was still dry. Well, we left early last Saturday morning on a plane from Durban towards Port Elizabeth. The plane was due to leave at half-past eleven and what happened? Yes, the devil was on the go... fifteen-minute delay - “Sorry, the plane is late!”

The team prayed in the departure lounge. I will never forget it. We got on our knees in front of everybody and we prayed, “Lord, we need to get there. People are waiting.” Half-past eleven - no plane! Quarter to twelve - no plane. Twelve o’clock, quarter past twelve, half-past twelve! By this time I said, “Lord, what is happening?” Plane delayed!

Eventually, we got onto the plane at 1’o clock. Now we were already too late. I was supposed to be on the platform, speaking at half-past three. The plane flight is an hour and a half, then one hour and forty minutes from the airport to the mountains where we were going to pray. The devil told me, “You are a loser. You will never make it.” The heat of the battle was on.

What about you at the moment? Are you in that same battle where the devil is telling you you will never make it? Well, I want to tell you we arrived there and it was too late. It was three o’clock. We were only going to get to that venue at about five o’clock. Do you know what we did in desperation? We found a helicopter, that’s right! We hired a helicopter. That youngster, what a pilot - 300kms an hour... flying. We got to the venue and I walked onto the platform at half-past three! We prayed, we worshipped God, we believed God! Multitudes of people waiting.

Three days later - rain, rain, rain! Don’t listen to the lies of the devil.
Jesus bless you, have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.

“Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

Genesis 18:14

Then we go to Matthew 19:26:

“But with God all things are possible.”

That is what Jesus said! And then that old farmer, Job, said to the Lord:

“I know that You can do everything…”

Job 42:2

That is a fact, isn’t it? But you know Sarah, Abraham’s wife, laughed when God said she was to have a baby. The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh?” Now, as I am talking I can just hear somebody, listening to this Thought for Today, laughing... And you are saying, “My situation is beyond any help, beyond any redemption.” The only thing, my dear friend, that stops God from operating in your life is one word: Unbelief.

It ties God’s hands - He cannot work with us if we refuse to believe Him and to believe His promises over us. Remember, God specializes in taking 'nobodies' and making them into 'somebodies'. If God can give a woman who is almost 100 years old a beautiful baby boy (Isaac), then He can give you the desires of your heart as well.

Just like the disciples of old, today, this Sunday morning, let us ask Jesus to please increase our faith. You know something? Oh yes, He will do it! He can bring rain when everybody says there is no rain, oh yes! He can grow a crop out of the ground where there is no moisture, I have seen it with my own eyes. He can heal the sick, He can set the captives free - He can give us new life. He said, “I came that you might have life abundantly.”

Today, go out and trust God for the impossible because there is nothing that is too hard for Him. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day!

Goodbye.