I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 27th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in Psalm 20:7:

”Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”

Who are you trusting today? Are you trusting a certain organisation? Are you trusting in a certain person? No, there is only One we can trust in, and His name is Jesus!

Let’s go now to the Book of Acts 14:19:

”Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.”

One minute a hero! If you read a few verses before, you’ll see they wanted to worship Paul and Barnabas because they saw how Jesus had healed a lame man, and now, because of persuasive words from other people from Antioch and Iconium, they turned on him and stoned him. Now, in those days, when you got stoned, that was the death penalty. Paul must have been in a terrible state and yet the next morning he was up on his feet again. What a man!

I’ll never forget a Rugby Cup Final, being played at King’s Park Rugby Stadium in Durban between our team, the Sharks, and the Blue Bulls from Pretoria. The score was hanging in the balance. We were winning the cup. There were a couple of points in it. The referee issued a penalty to our team. All our little scrum half had to do was kick the ball out, and the game was over, but he didn’t. He argued with the ref. The ref told him to be quiet. He carried on arguing. The ref turned the penalty around and gave it to the Blue Bulls, and up came their champion kicker, and he kicked that ball through the posts, and they beat us by one point. I want to tell you, from a hero, he became an absolute villain. I think he had to be escorted off the field. The crowd just turned instantly. That is how easy it is to change things!

We need to put our trust in the Lord. What about Jesus Himself, when He was coming into Jerusalem before the Passover, they were worshipping Him, throwing their clothes on the road and cutting down palm branches. The next day, literally within a couple of hours, they were screaming out, “Crucify Him”, crucify the Darling of Heaven. Let’s not do that today. Let’s put our trust in Jesus alone!

God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 26th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the fifth book of Moses, Deuteronomy 1:6:

“The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.“

Then of course, we go to Isaiah 40:31:

”But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”

You and I have dwelt long enough at this mountain. It is time to move forward now. We are praying for courage. Yes, Lord Jesus, we need more courage, more strength, more fortitude.

I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word “fortitude”. It means bravery, endurance, resilience, mettle, strength of character, backbone, grit or just plain guts! Folks, we’ve dwelt at this mountain long enough. It is time to move forward now. Most of all, we need godly wisdom. It’s time to fly out of that comfortable nest and to move forward for the Lord.

I always think of the example of the mother eagle. When the chicks get old enough, mother says, “It is time to move forward, you’ve been in this nest long enough”, and slowly but surely she starts to throw all the comfortable little bits that she’s put in there for the chicks and it becomes very bare. Then she starts pulling out the sticks, and there’s nothing left but a rocky ledge, and then she literally edges her babies off the edge of the cliff. They have to fly and she watches them, and if they don’t quite get it the first time, she catches them on her wings, takes them to the top and does it again, until they fly.

The Lord says to you and me today, we have dwelt long enough at this mountain. It is now time to move forward. Jesus give you lots of grit and courage and guts as you take your next step forward.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 25th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Acts 13:45:

”But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.”

If we go down a little bit further to verse 49:

”And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region.”

Then we go down a little bit further to verse 50. Paul and Barnabas were then expelled from their region.

Envy - envy is a terrible thing folks, and what does envy mean? I was speaking to my wife about it. I said, “What do you think the definition of envy is?” She said, “Somebody wanting to be like you, whoever that person may be, or wanting to have what you have.”

Now, the Jews saw how the multitudes were responding to the Gospel of Paul and Barnabas preaching about Jesus, and they became envious. They wanted what they had, but they didn’t have it and they were not prepared to change. We have to be so careful about how we conduct ourselves. Remember the old story about the old preacher who was accused by all the local churches in town of sheep-stealing, taking members of their churches and bringing them to his church. He said, “No, I am not sheep-stealing,” he said, “but if the grass is greener on my side of the fence, I can’t stop the sheep jumping over the fence!”

Oh, my dear friend, we don’t have to be envious of anyone. All we have to do is preach the Gospel. That is what Paul said to Timothy. Preach the Gospel, not a type of Gospel, not a compromised Gospel - the whole Gospel, not changing it to suit the crowd! People don’t like that. People want the truth, they want it straight, and they want it from the heart, filled with lashings of love. Perfect love casts out all fear! 1 John 4:18

We really need to get our act together. No one should be left out. If people envy you, well, you know what the Lord Jesus said - He said in Luke 6:23, He said:

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy for indeed your reward is great in Heaven.”

That’s when people exclude you, they cast you out, they actually hate you and they do it for the sake because they are envious of what you have got.

Do not compromise the Gospel!
Jesus bless you and goodbye.