WEEK 24

P r ay e r
“A Story For the Ordinary in Us”  Oh Lord, take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee. Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
(From the hymn “Take My Life”)
by Stephanie Castillo

Memory Verse: Psalm 127:1

“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.” T u e s d ay
 
When I saw the DVD Faith Like Potatoes on the shelf at Blockbusters, I was put off by the title
and passed it by many times. Then one day as I searched for a DVD, God spoke to my heart,
“Watch this one.” And so I did.

Faith Like Potatoes is the true story of an angry, tough, need-no-one South African farmer
whom God turned around. Burned out, resorting to tranquilizers, and alienating his family
and workers, Angus Buchan one day finally gave up and finally let God in.
W e d n e s d ay
God took his heart and exploded it with hope, visions and possibility for the Kingdom. Angus
vowed to get to know his God, and spent days lying beneath corn stalks, which he called his
“green cathedral”, reading the Word. And out of that came transformation. Angus dedicated
himself, his family and farm to God. And God took them. And he blessed them. And he used
them, and continues to still, 30 years later.

Today, ordinary farmer Angus Buchan, and his family have at their farm, named Shalom
(peace), a home for orphaned or abandoned children, and an agricultural school based on
biblical principles. The Buchan’s Shalom Ministries helps grow food for the locals, creates T h u r s d ay
employment, and has a mission to grow men up in Christ.

Angus himself is a minister for the Gospel. He has preached Jesus all over Africa, and as far as
Jerusalem, from a huge, yellow, 20-ton truck equipped with a stage, lights and sound; the only
word printed on its sides: “JESUS.”

God has used Angus to do miracles and healings, but he says his primary thrust is evangelism
– preaching the good news to every creature. He once was asked to go to London to preach
to downhearted farmers who were losing their farms and cattle on account of the mad-cow F r i d ay
disease epidemic. His simple and powerful message? Trust God.

Angus’ life shows us that when you stop building your “house” alone and your kingdom for
yourselves, and give it to the real Builder, miracles can happen to the most ordinary of us.
When Angus stopped being the “watchman” over his kingdom and let God lead him in his
new life in Christ, the farm and household and life that he struggled to keep afloat became
God’s. How the story of God’s servant Angus Buchman inspires and blesses us!

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