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Thought For Today

Thought For Today

Written by: Angus Buchan
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A short, inspirational thought for today, from Angus Buchan.

Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Fellowship with God
    May 17 2026

    I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 17th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

    We start in the Book of Psalms - Psalm 34:10:

    ”…But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.”

    Then the other scripture. Matthew 6:33:

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

    I want to ask you a question this morning. Are you satisfied with where you are at in your life at the moment? I can hear somebody say, ”No, I’m not. I’m still seeking and I don’t even know what I’m looking for but I’m not happy with where I am at right now.” Well, I have got good news for you! The Lord says, ”Seek me first and my righteousness and then all these other things that you are seeking, you will receive.”

    As a young man, my one desire was to be a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. My dad was a blacksmith. Oh yes, a blue collar worker and what a hard-working man he was. I never had an opportunity to even get a job on a farm, but you know something, I got that farm and I got another one after that, and another one after that, and didn’t find any peace and fulfilment. I was looking in the wrong place. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. I’ve met many men, very successful, in business, in sport, in careers, and every one of them have told me. ”It was only when I met the man from Galilee that I was totally fulfilled.” It’s as the Psalmist says, ”Those who seek the Lord shall lack no good thing.”

    So maybe it’s your career today. You need to say, ”Lord, I have enjoyed my work but there is something missing.” I’ll tell you what it is, it’s fellowship with God. You see, the Lord created you and me for Himself so that He could have fellowship with us. That’s why He created us. He doesn’t need us, He wants us because He loves us! He doesn’t need anybody. He can do whatever He wants at any time but He really desires that we have fellowship with Him. The purpose of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Now today, start to enjoy the Lord and that career that ambition will come automatically.

    Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
    Goodbye.

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    3 mins
  • Follow Jesus
    May 16 2026

    I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 16th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

    We go to the Book of Acts 18:9:

    Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”

    Oh, that is probably my most special scripture verse in the Bible. That is the verse which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself called me to preach the Gospel. On the 18th of February, 1979, I got saved, but this scripture was the one where He sent me to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth. It changed my life completely. I have never been the same since I received that call from the Lord. For me personally, my dear friend, it was a direct instruction from Jesus Himself. Even as He spoke to Paul, He spoke into my heart, exactly the same two verses. Now the same thing happened to the disciples. Matthew stood up, left his money table, he was tax collector, and walked away following Jesus. Peter, Andrew, James, and John left their fishing nets immediately and walked away to follow Jesus. Paul, the tent-maker, exactly the same, left his tent-making business and followed Jesus. It was a crystal-clear calling!

    Now I want to say to you today, maybe there’s a young man, a young lady, that’s listening to this message and they say, ”I too want to do the same.” But you need to have a clear scripture from God, and He will speak to you if you give Him the time. It’s no good thinking it’s a good idea because it won’t last, I can tell you right now. I have had more challenges since I have been preaching the Gospel than I ever had in my entire farming career.

    It is not something you do because you think it’s a good idea. It has to be a call from God because it could cost you every single thing you have. It cost the disciples their very lives, all of them, but there is no other way to live. If you want to live a life full of purpose and meaning, then preach the Gospel. Ask the Lord to give you a clear word and He will do that and then you will do exactly what I have done. I am not farming anymore. I haven’t been farming for over forty years. My sons are farming. I am preaching the Gospel and living my dream.

    Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
    Goodbye.

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    3 mins
  • The Harvest
    May 15 2026

    I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 15th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

    We start in the Gospel of Matthew 10:14. This is Jesus speaking:

    And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.”

    Then we go to the Book of Acts 18:6 and this is Paul speaking:

    But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them,“Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

    These are serious words. I am an evangelist. I’ll go to the other end of the world to see one soul saved, but there comes a time when a person does not want to hear from you any longer. What can you do then? There’s only one thing you can do and that is to pray for that person and move along. You’ve heard the old term, “It’s like flogging a dead horse”. What does that mean? That means beating a horse, trying to get it to stand up, but the animal is dead. It is a waste of time.

    It is like a farmer in a field, I saw a picture once, he’s in the wrong field. There is a beautiful field of ripe wheat waiting to be harvested, but he is in the next field, which is still green and still growing. He is making an absolute failure of the beautiful green field that is still growing. He needs to leave it until it matures and harvest the field next door, where it is golden and ready for reaping. It’s like going into an orchard and picking green apples before they are ripe. They are wasted.

    You and I today need to really pray hard and we need to preach the Gospel to those who want to hear it and those who have no desire to turn their hearts to the Lord. That’s what happened with Paul, and Jesus told the disciples the same thing. Move along and you will find somebody that is desperate to hear the Good News.

    Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
    Goodbye.

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    3 mins
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