Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 14th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Matthew 10:42. Jesus says,
”And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”
Then we go to the Gospel of Luke 9:48,
“Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me…”
I read a beautiful little article this morning by an anonymous writer and this is basically what it says: “Do not trample down the little daisies.” He says, ”We are in danger of looking too far for opportunities of doing good and communicating in reaching for the roses, we trample down the daisies.” So busy looking for the big things to do that the little things get stood upon!
I remember like yesterday, we had one of the big tents here on the farm. It was Sunday morning. We’d had a wonderful weekend. All the ladies and children had come to join their dads and their husbands. There was an amazing atmosphere of expectancy. I was coming around the back of the tent with some of the men to get onto the platform and start to preach, and the people were waiting, and I was excited, and as I walked towards them at the back to the tent to enter in through one of the flaps, there was a little boy who ran up to me.
He was only about five or six years old. He had a red face, he was very embarrassed, but he had a cell phone in his hand, and he asked if he could take my photo with him. I said, ”By all means, young boy.” And I got on my knees, and he stood next to me, and the guys that were looking after me, around about me, said, ”Angus, you need to get going, the people are waiting. The praise and worship is finished, it’s your time to speak now. You need to move along.” And I said, ”Just hang on a second,” and we lined it all up, and the photograph was about to be taken, and the battery was flat on the cell phone. So he said he was going to get another one from his mom and off he ran. The men said to me, ”You can’t wait any longer, the people are waiting, you need to get in there now.” I said, ”Hang on a minute.” Then his mother came running up with him and really apologised. I said, ”No problem at all.” We all got posed and ready. Me on my knees, him standing next to me and we got the photograph taken and off he went. He was so happy.
Folks, do not trample on the daisies. Do not get so involved in the big things that you forget the most important things in life. You know, when I went in, I preached my heart out that morning, and I believe the Holy Spirit honoured the fact that I’d waited for one of the little daisies before I went into the tent!
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 13th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Acts 22:15:
”For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.”
That was the word through Ananias, to the great man of God, Paul the Apostle.
Then we go to 1 Timothy 3:7:
”Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside…”
You and I have been called to be witnesses for Jesus Christ, just as the Lord called Paul, the Apostle. “Tell the world about the soon-coming king.” You don’t have to be a theologian, you don’t have to go to university and study theology. No, in the area that the Lord has placed you. I want to tell you about three men who have really impacted my life.
The first one was a dairy farmer from America, Demos Shakarian. He was a very successful dairy farmer. One of the biggest in the world in his day, and yet the Lord called him to be a witness to men, and he started the Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship, which went right around the world, amongst all denominations and drew many men to Jesus Christ. He was a good witness for the Lord.
The second one that really impacted my life was Robert Le Tourneau. Robert Le Tourneau was a very simple man. He was a mechanic, he used his hands, and he had a brilliant mind. He started the earth-moving business, which eventually sold out to Caterpillar. He used to tithe 90% of his income and keep 10% for himself. What an impact he made on the world, especially in the mission field.
Then the third man is Dr Ben Carson, the first neurosurgeon to separate two seven-month-old baby boys from Germany, the Binders, and both lived. Normally one would die but in his case, he had a team of over seventy people, and he performed nothing less than a miracle, but what a witness for Jesus Christ!
Today, let’s use what we’ve got, and where God put us, to preach the Gospel, and you will be surprised how God will use you.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 12th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Numbers 11:14:
”I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.”
Then we go to the New Testament to 2 Corinthians 12:9:
”And He said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
So when we are weak then we are strong. I think you have heard me say this many times before, God gives us strength for the strain. Are you going through a very tough time at the moment? Are you saying to yourself: ”There’s no way out for me”; “I am done, I can’t do it anymore, I’m tired, I’m weary”; ”I have had a disaster in my business”; ”My marriage is not working well”; “My children are sick”; “There is no hope for me.”? Oh yes, there is!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of the earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
I remember like yesterday - it was many, many years ago, I left my young wife and my young children, and I took a huge 20-ton Mercedes-Benz truck and trailer, with a team of men, and we went up into Zambia to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I’ll never forget it. We arrived at the banks of the mighty Zambezi River. In those days, there was no bridge over the Zambezi as there is today. You had to wait with a line of trucks ahead of you for a pontoon to take you across this huge river.
I remember sitting on the banks of that river and feeling very homesick, and looking across the river to Zambia and thinking about the trip I had organised to take, from the bottom of Zambia right through to the very top, with my dear friend, Peter Motale, who was waiting for me on the other side. He was my chief interpreter and one of my spiritual sons, and I remember sitting there saying, ”Lord, this is too much. The burden is too heavy, the responsibility.” For six weeks, we will be preaching the Gospel, day and night, looking for diesel to fill that truck to keep it going, meeting up with different groups of people in rural areas where we had not been before, and yet the Lord said, ”I will give you strength for the strain. My grace is sufficient for you.”
What a promise from God! Today, cast your cares upon Him and let Him direct your paths, and you will get through, and you will accomplish it, and you will give Him all the glory.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 11th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Acts 22:7:
”And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.”
The power of testimony! I think, without a doubt, it’s the greatest miracle ever. There’s a transformation of a person completely dedicated to killing Christians and putting an end to Christianity, then in the space of one moment, became the greatest ambassador on earth, apart from Jesus Christ Himself, for the Gospel. His name? Yes, Saul of Tarsus. Once he was converted, he became Paul the Apostle. He wrote two-thirds of this very book that I am reading to you at this moment. It's incredible, a one hundred and eighty-degree turnaround. Oh Jesus we love You! In a clear sky, in the middle of the day, none of the others around him knew what was happening, and the Lord knocked him off his horse or whatever he was riding and said to him, ”Why are you persecuting Me.” “Who are You Lord?” “I am Jesus of Nazareth.” Oh folks, I’ve seen it so many times. You can’t explain it. The wonderful thing about a testimony is that you can agree to believe it or you can disagree, but you cannot argue about it because you weren’t there, and that was the case with Paul when he was converted in an instant, on the road to Damascus, where he was going to persecute God’s people.
Today, I want to say to that young lady that is so desperate for her husband to come to Christ. I want to say to that old mother who has been praying for her son for many years, I want to say to that young child who is desperately hoping that mom and dad will come to Christ, continue to trust the Lord and pray, and God will answer your request, without a doubt. I’ve seen it too many times in my own life. Bringing men to a Mighty Men Conference, who didn’t even know they were going there - they thought they were going on a fishing trip. Three friends put him in the car, and there were four of them, and they drove, and as they came onto the land where the event was taking place, the man started weeping, and they said, ”Why are you crying?” He said, ”I don’t know.” And that was the conversion of a man from the world into the Kingdom of God.
Let us keep on for Jesus.
God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 10th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 12:1:
“These are the statutes and judgements which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.”
The Lord has given us statutes and judgements to live by, not for His sake, but for our sake, that we might live a life of joy and freedom and direction and fulfilment. To confirm that, we go to John 8:36, where Jesus, Himself, says:
“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed”.
Now, I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to look up the meaning of the word “statute”. It means a rule, a written law, a set up. Then I looked up the meaning of the word, “judgement”. It is sensible opinions, a conclusion, a decision. Can you see now, all of these laws have been put into place so that you and I can live a wonderful, free life.
You know that word, “grace”? It is a beautiful, beautiful word. Grace is actually undeserved favour, undeserved loving kindness, given to you and me by Jesus Christ, through the power of His Holy Spirit. When you are born-again and the Spirit of God comes into you, you don’t want to break the law anymore. You don’t want to walk in untruth and in unrighteousness. You want to walk in freedom. Now freedom comes through obeying the word of God.
I really want to encourage you today. This is not a time for you and me to “wing it” as they say, “Just give it a go. It doesn’t matter, just do it.” No, the Lord has made you and me responsible people. The people of the world are looking to us to find out what the right way to live a fulfilled, joyous life is, and it is by obeying the rules, by walking in true judgement, by making right decisions. Don’t just do things because you think it is a good idea and other people are doing them. No, that is why you read your Bible every morning. God will show you that you must do this because it is right and you must not do that because it is wrong. Of course, your plumb line is the one thing that you stand by, it is the Bible, and the word of God is what sets us free. So today, go into all the world with joy in your heart, knowing that you are doing the right thing because it is what the Bible says.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.