I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 10th of July, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Jeremiah 23:29, in the Old Testament

“Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” 

The Bible is the strongest weapon that we have as Christians to stand against the evils of our time. If we read just before this verse, we see that the Lord told Jeremiah that He has no time for false prophets. Now, how do you judge whether a man is telling the truth when he says he has had a dream and God has shown him something? How do you test the prophet? Only one way, and that is by the word of God, the Bible. If his prophecy lines up with God’s word, then we believe him. If it does not then we cast it aside. Now, fire burns up dross and rubbish. If you have seen a rubbish heap that people set on fire, all that rubbish gets burnt up and there is just ash afterwards, but it is clean. It purifies. You see, the word of God exposes lies and people who tell lies. 

On the farm, we fight fire with fire. It’s the best weapon that we have at the end of the day to protect our precious crops and animals. Yes, we have water carts, we have firefighters, we have even got aeroplanes that drop water onto fire, but the ultimate weapon is to put a fire in and backburn against the on-coming fire, and eventually it meets in the middle and the fire is put out. Fire also breaks the hardest of hearts. “Is not My word like fire, like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” I have seen it so many times in my life. The word of God softens the hearts of the hardest of criminals. Yes, it sets the captives free, the spoken word of God, the Bible. It also frees men from all kinds of hellish vices, like alcohol, drugs, hatred, and unforgiveness. 

If we go to the word of God in Luke 8:30-31, we see that Jesus cast out the demons from the Legion.

Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion” because many demons had entered him. And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.”

My dear friend, today, start using the word of God and stop reasoning so much, and start using and believing God’s word. I can tell you, it works every single time. 

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.