Almost everyone has played the telephone game. It is where a group of people sit in a circle and one
whispers to another. This goes on until everyone has a turn to whisper what they heard. When the sentence gets back to the original speaker, it is rarely what they said to
start the round. This is what happens with a lie. Normally the lie seems small, some call them little
white lies, but by the time the lie comes to the end, it is blown up bigger. With this game, it is all fun
and everyone is trying to actually share the original words.

What happens if someone comes along and whispers lies? This is Satan’s most used tool. He likes to
plant ideas, fears and regrets into our day. Moses sent twelve spies to look at the promised land.
Ten came back with a bad report. They said the giants were big and they allowed fear
to overtake them and they gave up too quickly on what God had promised.

By the time they talked about it for a while, they were saying, “we are like grasshoppers in their sight.”
Think about that for a moment. Yes, the giants were larger in stature, but to say the Israelites were like
grasshoppers compared to them was a huge exaggeration. Did you notice the spies that came back with
a bad report didn’t even have proof they had been in the land?

Then came Joshua and Caleb. No doubt, Satan had tried to whisper the lies to them too, but they
believed God. The lies Satan tried to sell them, they ignored because their faith was bigger than the lies of the enemy.

They said things like we are able to take possession of the land. In other words, they
believed that God had given them the land. Yes, they saw the armies of those who were dwelling in the
land. Yes, they saw the giants. But they chose to not believe the lies.

The Israelites had been brought up in slavery. They were used to people controlling their lives. They were
the victims. The ten still had a victim mentality. Somehow, Joshua and Caleb just believed God. They also
brought back proof that they were actually in the land. They wanted to show the people how amazing it
was there, in spite of the obstacles.

But we cannot allow Satan to be our excuse for our failures, sins and shortcomings. We need to take
responsibility for our choices and lives. We need to own our past and put it there where it belongs in
the rearview mirror.

We have to change our thinking patterns. The church world is in need of determination like Joshua and
Caleb. We need to just believe God and walk by faith and not by how scary things look. We do not need
to allow the giants of fear, anxiety, depression and sin to keep us from our promise.
God wants us to undo the lies the enemy has told us. We need to renew and retrain our thinking to
simply believe God. He always has our best interest at heart. Even if there are some giants to fight, we
never fight them alone.

Prov 4:23 – Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

The things we think will eventually get into our hearts. They will become a part of our belief system. It is
important to not allow the enemy’s lies to get past our thoughts. We need to guard our hearts with
every tool we can find. Praying for God’s guidance. We need his word in us, in order to undo the lies of
the enemy.

Romans 12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

We may ask how we can undo the lies of the enemy. How do we transform and renew our minds?
Reading and studying the word of God will renew our mind. It will increase our faith and ability to trust
God. The more we trust God the easier it is to undo the lies of the enemy.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS