I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 23rd of March, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to Zachariah 4:6, and the word of God says:”

Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”

Then we go to the Gospel of John 15:5. Jesus says:

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

I read a little article and it really spoke to me. This is what it said, ”Hand full and the heart empty.” Be careful. Your hands are so full of doing good work for Jesus that your heart is empty. Jesus said for without Him, you and I (I’m talking to that young lady, that young man, that old pensioner), you and I can do nothing. Too much work, you forget the Master, and then everything just starts to slowly but surely disintegrate. You start making bad decisions, you start panicking, you do rash things that you would never normally do. Why? Because your hands are too full and your heart is too empty. But on the other hand, if the heart is full of God, then the hands cannot forget God. Folks, I know people who are working so hard doing the work of the Lord that they have forgotten the Lord of the work. You can’t do that because it’s all about Him anyway.

What really upsets me a lot and it’s actually very sad, and it worries me, is when I see large Christian organisations that started with some man or woman or couple, or a small team that loved Jesus. They had regular quiet times every single morning before they started work and they went out and their vision, their work for the Lord, just blossomed like a beautiful rose opening up, and then it got so big and they got so busy that they forgot why they were doing it, and Jesus Christ is not even brought into the equation.

They’ll go right through a meeting and right at the end, just to make it look respectable, they’ll bring up a scripture verse. That is not acceptable. It’s got to be the other way round. Spend time with God every morning, hear what He’s got to say. Ask Him to help you with your heart and then go out and you will have plenty of time to do your work and plenty of time to be with the Lord. We need to get it the right way round.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 22nd of March, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 25:8 (Amplified Version)

Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life];…”

Then we go to the Book of James 4:14:

”…you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”

Life is very short. Now I had the privilege of reading a beautiful little description by the Scottish preacher, Alexander Maclaren, who lived some time ago, and I want to read it because I think it’s very special. This life is only a scaffolding for the life to come, which is eternity. Now this is what he says. He says, ”Scaffoldings are for buildings, and the moments and the days and the years of our earthly lives are scaffolding. What are you building inside it? What kind of structure will be disclosed when the scaffolding is knocked away? Days and years are ours that they may give us what eternity cannot take away. What is that? A character built upon the love of God in Jesus Christ and moulded into His likeness. Has your life helped you to do that? If so, you have got the best out of it and your life is completed, whatever may be the number of its days.”

Now this is very important. He says, ”Quality, not quantity, is the thing that determines the perfectness of a life. Has your life this completeness?” Beautiful reading! I want to say to you today that you need to have a good look and say to yourself, and I need to do the same - are we spending more time on the scaffolding than the building? Now the building is our nature, our character, our love for our fellow man and mostly for God, our patience, our endurance. Are we spending more time on the scaffolding - that’s going to fall away?

The temporal things that we are building - building our empires, building our future in money and in reputation, or are we building a building that will stand and soon as we are finished building it the scaffolding will be taken away, and then we will die and we will go to Heaven, and the Lord Jesus Christ will meet us there.

Spend more time building in eternity and less time building on earth.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 21st of March, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to Exodus 17:2:

“Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

Then we go to Psalm 95:8:

“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,…”

The Lord says, “Do not contend against Me, do not argue with Me, do not challenge Me.” Never, ever fight with God. He has never lost a fight.

Folks, I really want to say to you today, don’t challenge God. Remember Job the farmer? After he had been arguing with God, the Lord said, “Stand up like a man and answer Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?” Exactly! It is almost ludicrous to challenge God. I have heard some people thump the table. It scares me, “When I get to Heaven, God is going to answer some questions that I have got for Him.” Oh my dear friend, you have no idea Who you are even talking about! If you want to fight, fight with the devil, but never, ever challenge the King of Glory. You know, He is for you, He is not against you. If Christ is for you, no man will stand against you. Why are you arguing with the only One in the world that can help you? “Yes, but I asked God to do this but He didn’t do it,” and “I asked God to do that and it hasn’t come through.”

I want to say something to you. He has never, ever let me down in over fifty years. It brings a tear to my eye when I hear people say, “God is going to answer some of my questions.” Don’t contend with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. Go to Him now, today, and repent and say, “I am sorry, Lord, I didn’t mean it. Please forgive me.” Do you know what happened to the Children of Israel, when they contended with God? Not one of them, except Joshua and Caleb, actually entered into the Land of Milk and Honey. They all perished in the desert. Only their children crossed over the Jordan. Do not do it today. I want to pray for you:

Heavenly Father,

I pray for my dear friend, that young girl, that young man who are contending, questioning Your authority, questioning Your love for them. Lord, please today, reassure them that You are in their corner, that You will stand up for them, and that they will have the victory if they have patience and serve You with all of their hearts.

I ask this in Jesus’ name, amen.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.