Maybe you\u2019re too young to recognize that saying, but I remember it well. It refers to \u201cfollowership\u201d at its worse. It was coined back in 1978 after a delusional guru named Jim Jones led his cult to mass suicide. Over 900 people, including 304 children, killed themselves by drinking from a vat of grape-flavored drink laced with cyanide. This devasting atrocity took place because of lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think \u201cHow could people be so gullible as to fall into that kind of trap?\u201d But every day we fall into the traps of Satan\u2019s lies. I recognize his lies when I get a scratchy throat and he tells me I must be getting Covid. I know his lies when I think I\u2019m lonely or my life doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s his voice that condemns, speaks fear, doubt and worry. I recognize that dirty, rotten liar. But even more do I KNOW my Lord\u2019s gentle, loving, kind voice and the truths He speaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could we be so blind as to believe the lie that our child or spouse will never come to Jesus? Or the lie that we will never get well? Or the lie that says we are doomed for failure. And words like: \u201cMy child will always be a drug addict. My marriage is destined for failure. I will never be able to afford that. I will never be happy. Our Country is going to hell in a handbasket.\u201d If we\u2019re believing those lies, we\u2019re \u201cdrinking the Kool-Aid\u201d. Please STOP coming into agreement with Satan\u2019s lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not in denial. I am living on the side of what God\u2018s Word says and if He says it, I believe it. If He says I am healed, then I am healed. If He says I am restored, then I am restored. If He says that I will win, then I win. My dear, precious friends, I love you too much to agree with you if you tell me your lies. I will totally love you, but I will not agree with you. You\u2019re too late to convince me otherwise. My baby girl was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. We would not believe the lie. I was destined to be a whiny, broken widow and destined for failure on so many levels, but I would not believe the lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t \u201cdrink the Kool-Aid\u201d that says if you\u2019re born a certain color that you are less than anyone else or above anyone else. That\u2019s a lie from the pit of hell. No matter whatever color or ethnicity we are, it\u2019s because God ordained us to be that color and race. And I\u2019ll go a step further. If you\u2019re born a man or a woman, don\u2019t believe the lie that you\u2019re NOT who God created you to be. You are beautifully woven together on purpose. The Psalmist declared \u201cFor You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.\u201d (Psalm 139:13-14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s truths are all about redemption, life worth living and destiny and purpose. The enemy\u2019s lies are about weakness, death and destruction and being less than. God\u2019s truths are found as we align ourselves to what He says we are in His Word. I speak those truths to myself daily. I get a little ache or pain \u2013 I say: \u201cLord, thank you, that my body is lining up with what you paid for at the cross.\u201d 1 Peter 2.24 says \u201cBy the stripes of Jesus we are healed.\u201d I believe those words because they are God\u2019s words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s flip the script on the enemy\u2019s tactics to \u201ckill, steal and destroy us\u201d. Let\u2019s bear down in our faith to trust in THE ONE Who came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). Instead of talking to God about Covid. Speak to Covid about the greatness and the ability of God. That\u2019s what I believe and that\u2019s WHO I trust in with all my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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