I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 8th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Job 28:28:

”Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil, is understanding.”

Then we go to the Gospel of John 17:17:

”Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.”

The Bible is the truth. We don’t have to reinvent anything else. Everything you need to know, everything you need to stand by, is found in the Holy Word of God, the Bible. We cannot and we may not change anything. We’ve got to keep it simple. When you’re talking to your children, make it very simple and then they will understand what the truth means.

If we look at John 18:38. Jesus was standing before Pontius Pilate when he was judging him, and Pontius Pilate asked Jesus a question, ”What is truth?” Folks, there are none so blind as those who cannot see or don’t want to see. Isn’t that a true saying? You see, Pontius Pilate was looking into the face of truth itself. He was looking into the face of God and he was asking a question, “What is truth?” I want to say to you today, we must keep it simple. The Gospel is not complicated. I remember somebody saying to me a long time ago, ”Educators complicate, communicators simplify.” Keep it simple. Keep to the Word of God. When somebody says to you, ”Show me the truth,” give them a Bible because that is truth.

You know the great automobile manufacturer Henry Ford? They came to him once and said, ”We want to paint the Model T Ford a different colour” (because in those days, they were all black). Henry Ford said, ”You can paint it any colour you like, as long as it stays black.” Folks, you can say what you like as long as you do not misinterpret the Bible. For those preachers that are listening to this word this morning, you have a tremendous responsibility when you get onto the platform, into the pulpit. You deliver the word of God because you will be judged accordingly. Just tell them what Jesus means to you!

Have a wonderful day,
God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 7th October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Luke 24:32:

”And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the scriptures to us?”

Two men walking towards Emmaus, which is approximately 7 miles from Jerusalem, 15 kilometres, probably the same distance from the farm Shalom to our little town, Greytown. These two men were walking along, minding their own business, speaking to one another about what had happened in Jerusalem, when another man came and joined them.

He asked them a question, ”What are you talking about?”

They said, ”Well, haven’t you heard what has happened?”

“No, no. What has happened?” It was Jesus folks! It was Jesus and He walked with them and they just loved it.

They said, ”Didn’t our heart burn within us?”, because they persuaded Jesus to spend the night with them. He sat with them and when He had broken bread at the dinner table.

“Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.”
Luke 24:31

You and I have to be Jesus to many broken, hurting, lonely, desperate people. We must decrease, like John the Baptist said and He must increase within us.

I was at a prayer meeting the other night, and a young girl who has just joined our fellowship is a schoolteacher in town. She said to us that her mother was so happy that she was at our church on the farm. Her mother, many, many years ago, went through tremendous trials, and there were two old ladies on the farm, Shalom, who ministered to her and helped her tremendously through her problems. I was able to say to the young school teacher, ”I knew them very well. One was Aunty Peggy, and the other was Aunty Moira. They were my intercessors on the farm. They travelled with me wherever I went. While I was preaching, they would be praying.”

Oh yes. This young lady’s mother clearly saw Jesus in those two women, as I did too. I cannot wait to meet them in Heaven. Today, go out and be Jesus to those who are lost.

Have a wonderful day! Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 8:59:

”Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple,…”

Folks, I want to speak to you today about contending with God. Do not fight with God. Contend means “put forward a view in an argument.”

Many of us, I’m including myself, when things don’t go well, we blame God. “Lord, where were You? Lord, You promised that You’d never leave me nor forsake me. Lord, why is this thing happening? Why am I faced with a divorce?” But if we are honest with ourselves, we know that we haven’t been doing things according to what God, through Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit, has told us to do.

Stop having an affair with that woman and I’m talking about having an affair on the internet. Yes! I’m talking about making those phone calls to that girl. She’s not your wife, she’ll never be your wife and your own wife finds out about it. Things go wrong and you say, ”God, why have You done this to me?” God hasn’t done that to You, You’ve done it to yourself.

Pay your income tax. Don’t owe people money. “Well, I’m going down the tube now, I can’t pay my debt.” But you shouldn’t have bought that motor car, you know that because you didn’t have enough money. We’ve got to stop blaming God when things don’t go well in our own lives. To contend with God is as ludicrous as an ant trying to argue with a bull elephant. You’re laughing, I’m not laughing. You know a bull elephant stands ten feet tall. It weighs up to ten tons. It lives to sixty years old. Don’t contend with a bull elephant when you are a mere ant!

You know that farmer, Job? Job 38:3-4. The Lord says to Job when he was complaining. Maybe like you and me:

”Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”

It’s ridiculous. How can we even question God?

I want to say to you today and it’s a serious message, stop playing the fool. Start getting serious with the Lord, start obeying His commandments and your life will go a lot easier. Stop contending with God!

You and I are not in a position to start thumping the table. I’ve heard people say to me, ”When I get to Heaven one day, there’s a few questions I need to ask God.” Oh, my friend, you’ve got no idea about what you’re talking about. When you get to Heaven, you will not say one word when you see the glory of God. You will just worship Him!

Have a good day today and remember, don’t contend with God,
Goodbye.