Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 27th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Isaiah 45:5:
“I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.”
I think that is pretty clear. Wouldn’t you agree? Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 8:6:
“…yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.”
Very clear! I want to say to you this morning that there is only one God. In some countries, if you say there is only one God, they regard it as hate speech, and you can be arrested for that, but our Bible tells us that there is no other god. Now, it is not that we are superior, not at all. In fact, we have a great love for people because God created all people and Jesus Christ is the only Saviour in this dying world. Now, if you love people, you will tell them the truth, but if you want to pacify them, if you want them just to not be challenged in any way, then of course you will tell them that all roads lead to Heaven. There is nowhere in my Bible where I can find that scripture because it is not there.
There is only one way and His name is Jesus Christ. John 14:6:
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Do you know how many people have died through the ages just by saying that same thing, “God is love, there is no other, and He loves you and He died for you.” For that, you would be burnt at the stake. If you go to a country that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and you stand in a public place and you tell them that Jesus Christ is Lord, they will cut off your head.
Folks, we need to understand one thing - greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend. That’s what Jesus said and He is the Friend of all men. That is why I love people so much. It doesn’t matter if they get hurt. I would rather see them get hurt and get saved than go to hell because no one has told them the truth. Today, there is no other God, and there is no other Saviour and there is no other Holy Spirit.
Have a wonderful day today! Let your words be short, let them be sweet and let people take notice. Time is running out.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 26th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Judges 7:7: ”The Lord said to Gideon, Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand.
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 20:16: ‘“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
Gideon had a total of 32,000 fighting men and the Lord said to him, ”You’ve got too many. You need to send some home.” 22,000 went back home. They didn’t hesitate, they left the battlefield. 10,000 remained. Then the Lord said to Gideon, ”There’s still too many here.” So he sent more back home and he was left with a mere 300 hundred men to take on the mighty army of the Midianites. God has got a habit of doing that. I want to encourage you today, if you are feeling a little bit left out, if you are feeling a little bit down, that you’ll never get an opportunity to serve God, folks please don’t lose heart!
Samuel went to appoint the next king of Israel. He went to the house of Jesse. Jesse had 8 sons. He chose the youngest, the smallest, the one who wasn’t even brought into the home to be judged. He was left out in the field looking after the sheep. We are talking about David, King David. What about Moses? Moses had dropped the ball big time, maybe you have today. Moses ran for his life. He was a murderer. The Lord used Moses to take an entire nation out of slavery and into the desert for 40 years.
What about the fishermen? Jesus chose 12 men. These were not educated men, they were not talented, they were illiterate fishermen, and a couple of tax collectors to boot. Why does God do that? Well, He does it for one reason. He does not want to share His glory with any man. God chooses nobodies to do His work so that nobody can touch His glory.
You must attempt something so big, we say at Shalom, that if it is not of God, it is doomed to fail. Why? Because if it works, God will get all the glory. People will say, “There is no way that those men could have achieved that enormous victory that they had on their own. God was with them!”
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 25th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Judges 6:37-40. Now I would like you to read that on your own. It is a very important scripture, and we need to read it slowly. Gideon put a fleece before the Lord because he didn’t know what to do. Now for those young people listening to this, a fleece is what we take off a sheep.
Then we go to Ephesians 3:20:
”Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,…”
God can do anything that we desire if we ask Him correctly.
Now the important thing is to know that when you put a fleece before the Lord, you are prepared to obey whatever he tells you. Now what Gideon did was, he put a fleece out before the Lord at night, and he said, "Lord, when I wake up in the morning, if there is dew on the fleece and it is dry on the ground, then I will know that You will save Israel.” And the Lord did it, and then, just like you and me, still he wasn’t totally convinced. So he said, ”Lord, just please once more. Tomorrow morning, I want the fleece to be dry and the ground to be wet.” And He did it.
Oh folks, God loves you and me so much. He wants the best for us. No using that crystal ball with the fortune teller, no tarot cards, no horoscopes, no witch doctors. This is very important what I’m going to tell you now, and if God does not answer us immediately, that does not mean He hasn’t heard us, not at all, He hears all our prayers. What do we do? We wait until He answers us. So if He doesn’t answer us, don’t make a plan. That’s what King Saul did. Remember? And he lost his kingship. He would not wait for the prophet, Samuel, to come and offer a sacrifice. He said, “I’ll do it myself”, and that was the beginning of the end of his kingship.
Today, let’s wait upon the Lord. Let’s put the fleece out and let us see what God says to us.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 24th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 1 Corinthians 7:24:
“Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.”
Then we go to 1 Timothy 6:6:
‘Now godliness with contentment is great gain.’
Paul was saying to the believers, you don’t have to be circumcised to be a follower of Christ, you can remain in the state you are. In other words, if you are uncircumcised when you meet the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, you don’t have to go and get circumcised. No, you can remain the way you are. Don’t try and be somebody you are not. Rather, remain the person that God called you to be and created you to be. Be content. I see so many people who are not happy with the way they are.
There are big, stout ladies who want to be skinny. There are skinny ladies who want to be stout. There are men with curly black hair who want straight, blonde hair. I am laughing, but it is so true, isn’t it? We are not content with where we are at. Paul says, “Let each one remain with God in the state in which they are.”
Casting Crowns is one of my favourite Gospel bands. Don’t quote me, but I think for the last 20 years, they have been the top Christian band in the world. Now, the man who leads it is a man by the name of Mark Hall. Mark Hall, folks, has dyslexia. He had that Attention Deficit at school. He couldn’t concentrate on anything, and basically they thought he had no future. I want to tell you, when that man sings, I normally cry. He has given God what he has got, and God has taken it and used it.
What about DL Moody, one of the greatest evangelists who has ever lived? He went to Britain for a few years and over 2 million converts came to Christ through his ministry. He struggled to speak English with a good accent. What about C. H. Spurgeon, the “Prince of Preachers”? He had no education. He had a very broad country accent, and yet folks, at the age of 21, they built the London Tabernacle for him to contain the crowds that were coming to hear him preach.
Today, you and I, let us be very grateful and content with the way God has made us, because if He has made us, and He has, He will also see us through.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 23rd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to Isaiah 61:1. Of course, this is referring to the Lord Jesus:
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;…”
Then we go straight to the Book of Acts 10:38:
“…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
I want to speak to you today about doing good. There is somebody listening today who says, “Well you know, I can’t do anymore. I don’t have enough money, I am not physically strong enough, I can’t do anything.” Oh yes, you can! The main thing you can do is pray, but one man of God wrote something very beautiful, and this is what he said, “The finest of all arts is the art of doing good, and yet it is the least cultivated.” Isn’t that true? The art of doing good - we need to exercise that a little bit.
Many years ago, the Lord laid upon my heart to get small little bottles of mustard seed. My office staff know exactly what I am talking about because these precious ladies have to fill these little bottles up with mustard seed, and then we seal them, and I put them in my pocket and wherever I go and I see somebody who is looking a little bit down, a little bit anxious, I say, “Excuse me, can I give you this little gift.” And they look at this and they say, “But what is this?” And then it opens the door. I said, “You know this is a reminder for you when you are going through tough times because the Master, Jesus, said, 'If you have faith the size of one mustard seed, you can tell that mountain to move, and it must go.” They walk away with a smile on their face, knowing that if Jesus Christ is with them, there is nothing that will hold them back. Today, go and do good just like the Master did and our Lord Holy Spirit will bless you richly.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.