Are You Trusting God?

Today is a very special day in my life.

The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 2:9: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him”.

On the 17th of November, this very day in 1989, I was in my farm office when I had a revelation from The Lord. I had never heard Him speak to me audibly.

I never saw anything, but through the Word of God, The Lord spoke into my heart.

You see, I had been reading a book called Evangelism Explosion by the late John Wimber. In the back of that book were little anecdotes of men and women of God who The Lord had used powerfully and miraculously to impact the whole world.

But it was as if The Holy Spirit showed me there was a thread going throughout each one of their lives. I am talking about Billy Graham, Kathryn Kuhlman, Charles Finney, John Wesley, William Booth - men and women who shook the world - and it was one word: Faith!

It was as if The Lord said, “Angus if you have the faith to trust me, I will fill town halls. I will fill stadiums and I will fill open-air areas that you cannot believe - if you can believe me."

I was so excited. I picked up my phone.

In those days we had an old phone that you had to crank up - two shorts, one long - and I phoned my pastor in Greytown. And I said, “Gavin, God has shown me that if I dare to believe Him, He will use me.”

Gavin did something he had never done in his life before. He turned around with a pen and he wrote on the wall, “17/11/89 - Angus.” That stayed on the wall in his office behind his chair, until years later when the office was repainted. And that was the start!

I got in my pick-up with a flask of coffee, in my farm clothes and off I went to the town nearby called Ladysmith. I booked the town hall and that was the beginning.

I want to ask you a question today. Are you trusting God or are you trusting yourself?

Why don’t you allow The Lord today to direct your path?

Live your dream. Do that thing that you are too scared to do in your own strength. Rather put your trust in Jesus, the miracle worker, and He will amaze you.

Have a wonderful day.

God bless you and goodbye.
Angus and Jill Buchan