Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 19th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Gospel of John 2:5:
“His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
I want to tell you about a lady who did just that, and she lived many years ago. Her name was Florence Nightingale. She is known as the founder of modern nursing. She reduced the death rates by simply improving hygiene and living standards. She was known as the “Lady with the Lamp” because she used to make her rounds every night to check on the wounded soldiers during the war. I have a daughter who studied nursing and it is wonderful to see the heart of compassion that these kind of people have. Now we’re not talking about great preachers or people that have done great things. We are talking about people who simply obey the Word of the Lord.
You might be saying today, ”Well you know, I have had very little education. I have had very little opportunity to serve the Lord.” You can serve the Lord wherever you are and whatever you are doing. Now I want to read a quotation from this woman of God, Florence Nightingale. She said, “If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.” Isn’t that beautiful?
I want to say to you today, whatever it is that God has told you to do, do it with all your heart. Because the servants filled up the water vats with water, Jesus turned the water into wine. The first miracle that took place in the marriage feast in Cana. Now, maybe God has called you to be a school teacher, maybe God has called you to be a farmer, maybe God has called you to be an airline pilot, or maybe God has called you to be a housewife. Do it with all of your heart, and the Lord will use that to change the lives of many.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 18th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in Psalm 37:31:
”The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 11:25. Jesus says:
“This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
I am talking about Holy Communion. It’s very important for us to remember the ordinances, commandments, and laws of God. That is what keeps you and me on the straight road, on the right road. Do you know what a phylactery is? A phylactery is something that the Orthodox Jews use when they have time with the Lord. Many years ago, I was flying in an Israeli airline to Jerusalem, and an Orthodox Jew was sitting across the aisle from me, and during the night, I saw him get up and put a shawl around his head. He took a leather band and he put it around his left hand with a little box on it. He took another leather band, put it around his head, with a little box on his forehead, and inside those two little boxes are Holy Scriptures. He does it during his quiet time. Why? Because he wants to remember the Lord, his God.
Now, Jesus said every time you and I have Holy Communion, we do it and we remember what Christ has done for us. Gill and I have communion often, on our own, in the house. Maybe after breakfast, sometimes maybe after lunch, depending on our situation, just the two of us. And we take bread, we break it, and we remember the body of Christ broken for us, and then we take the cup, a little glass of grape juice, and we remember the blood of Jesus shed so that our sins would be washed away. We need to remember and not forget what the Lord has done for us.
Many years ago when I was a man of twenty years old, I was a cowboy. I was in Australia. When we knocked off work, these were rough and tough men, but the salt of the earth, we would go into the local pub and there’d be a lot of chatting and talking and smoking, etc. Then all of a sudden, six o’clock every single night, everybody would become quiet, and there would be a little light in one corner of the pub, and then a voice would come over, ”Lest we forget. Let us remember.” We would stand there for, I don’t know how long it was, maybe a minute or two, and remember all the fallen soldiers that had died for the Australian people, and they would stand there. Not one person would say a word (because if anybody did it could probably cost him his life), but they remembered those that had given their lives for their country.
You and I need to remember that Jesus Christ died for us on the cross of Calvary so that we might have everlasting life.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day and don’t forget.
Goodbye.

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.

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.

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.