Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 16th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Numbers 8:14:
”Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.”
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Luke 6:22 (Amplified Version):
”Blessed [morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you when people hate you, and exclude you [from their fellowship], and insult you, and scorn your name as evil because of [your association with] the Son of Man.”
Wow, now that is quite something to think about!
The Lord says, ”You are blessed when people don’t like you because of your stand for Me.” In fact, if you look at verse 23, He says, “Jump for joy because of your reward that you are going to get in heaven.”
Now, this morning, I particularly want to dedicate this little message to the young people. I’m talking about school children, I’m talking about university students, I’m talking about young people who are starting out in life, because some of you are taking a lot of strain, I know that, because you are not sleeping around with other people, you are not drugging and drinking, you are not blaspheming. You are not telling filthy stories, and you are not involved with pornography, so the people, the crowd, think that there’s something wrong with you.
Oh, no - there is nothing wrong with you. The Lord Jesus Christ has separated you unto Himself. He set you aside. He said, ”I’ve got a special work for you to do. You are very special to me. Keep yourself pure. I have your husband for you. I have your wife for you. You must be patient.” You say, ”How long must we wait, Uncle Angus?” As long as it takes because those other people that seem to be in the flavour of the month, they are going to fall horribly short, and when they do they are coming to you for help.
Make yourself strong! Spend time with the Lord, and He has got a very specific and exciting life for you. That goes for all of us, by the way, but the older people have already been through the mill and we have been identified. They don’t want us around them because we are salty and we upset their party as it were. So don’t be upset because you are lonely, Jesus understands that, but He is a friend who sticks closer than any brother!
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 15th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Mark 15:37,
”And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.”
Then we go to John 19:30:
”So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”
Mission accomplished. The job is done.
What an amazing Saviour we have! He didn’t stop halfway. He didn’t say to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane, ”Lord, I can’t do this.” No, he finished the job. You and I must finish what we have started. You know an unfinished job is very ugly, like a half-built building. Rather don’t start than stop halfway through. I looked up how long it took for King Solomon to build the first temple. It took approximately seven years and he finished it. What about the second temple? That took almost twenty to twenty-one years to build. We really need to work hard and finish what we have started.
Michelangelo, that wonderful artist, when he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, it took him four years, folks. He had to build his own scaffold. Can you imagine climbing up there? It is very, very high, and then he did it upside down, but he finished that work of art for the glory of God.
That young student who’s thinking of dropping out of university, don’t do it, finish your degree. That marriage that you are working through, ”Angus, we just can’t get it right.” Ask God to help you. Philippians 1:6 says:
”being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;”
When you start something, you must finish. It’s no good saying you started, rather don’t start. Finish the job!
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 14th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of John 19:26:
”When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.”
That is a very powerful statement.
Do you know that the Lord was going through the most excruciating pain known to man? The crucifixion is truly one of the most savage ways to kill a man. He actually suffocates to death at the end because he cannot breathe, and in that time, the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, looked down and He had compassion on His earthly mother and that very special disciple, John. He said to John, ”Look after my mother.” And He said to His mother, ”Look after John.”
We need to look after each other unconditionally in these last days in which we are living. Remember charity, which is another word for love, begins at home. Young man, young lady, there’s no good saying, ”I want to go overseas and I want to preach the Gospel.” Or “I want to go up into the Congo and I want to take care of those who have got no idea of who the Lord is.” No, the Lord says, ”Charity begins at home.” We need to get our own household in order first before we go out into the world.
When I travel, the first thing people ask me when I arrive at a new destination is not what my theological qualification is, it’s just as well, but the first thing they ask is, ”How is your wife?”
“Oh no, she’s fine.”
“That’s good. How are your children? How are your grandchildren? How are your great-grandchildren?”
When we tell them they’re fine, ”and how are things on the farm?” Then they say, ”Right, now speak to us, we want to hear what you’ve got to say.”
We need to make sure things are okay at home. It’s no good when the wheels are coming off back at the ranch and you're trying to tell people how to live. That is hypocrisy of the first degree. Let us follow in the footsteps of our beloved Master and let us love each other.
Have a wonderful day, God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 13th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in Psalms 34:19:
”Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 10:13:
”No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
At the moment, in our beloved South Africa, we are facing many trials and tribulations, but God has a word for you and for me today. He says, ”Do not be afraid.”
Folks, I am a farmer, I will die a farmer. My wife says you can put me in a three-piece suit and I’ll still look like a farmer, and I take that as a great compliment. But seriously, many farmers in our nation have been under the whip extreme. I’m talking about the drought, which in some areas has already broken, praise be to God, and I’m talking about the foot-and-mouth epidemic, which is raging right at our very doorsteps, but the Lord has promised us that he will make a way out.
Now what I want to say to you, and I’m not just talking to farmers - I’m talking to wives, children, students, I’m talking to school teachers, I’m talking to doctors, I’m talking to professional sportsmen - It doesn’t matter what you’re going through as long as you do not give up.
No man having put his hand to the plough (come on farmers know that) and looking back is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven - Luke 9:62. We need to press forward. You say to me, ”Angus, I can’t anymore.” You can and you must. Why am I bringing this message to you today? Because I am getting letters from the public who are saying, ”I am at the end of my tether. I can’t anymore.” I’m telling you that you can and you must, and you will, and you will look back on this time in years to come and you will remember, these were the times when the Lord was the closest to you.
Last of all, do not turn your back on God. Do not blame God for anything. Thank Him for His Son, Jesus Christ, who has been through temptations and pain and suffering like none of us even understand, and He came through, and by the way, He’s coming back soon one of these days to take us to be with Him in Paradise forever, but until that time, let us press on.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 12th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of John 15:13. Jesus said:
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
What a beautiful scripture! We need to invest in people, not in things. That man of God, Theodore Cuyler, said, “Marble and granite are perishable monuments, and their inscriptions may be seldom read. Carve your names on human hearts, for they alone are immortal.” Investing in people and not in things! I have been to some of the most beautiful churches and cathedrals, built for the glory of God, and I have walked through them. I am thinking of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, just as one example, but at the end of the day, we are called to invest in people’s lives because they last forever.
Do you remember that song that was very popular years ago, about a man who lived, died, and went to Heaven? When he went to Heaven, he was standing with Jesus, and people started coming up to him, thanking him for what he had done for them on earth. He didn’t even remember them. First of all, there was that young man who said, “Thank you for what you did for me because you came to our Sunday School when I was only 8 years old and you spoke to us and I gave my life to the Lord, and that is why I am here today. Thank you for giving to the Lord.”
Another man came up. He said, “Thank you. A missionary came to your church. He showed you pictures of the needs of people. It made you cry. You gave him money, and because of that money you gave him, I am here today.” A long line of people were lining up to give you thanks and Jesus took your hand, and He said, “Child,” with tears running down your face, “Look at your great reward!” Just a story, but a beautiful one - investing in people!
The other day I got a beautiful letter. You see, a while before that, a young student in Central Africa sent me a letter and said, “I can’t go on anymore. I am studying to be a doctor, but the course is too hard. What should I do?” And I sent him a little note back, that’s all I did. I said, “Keep on pressing on.” And about a year later, I got a beautiful email from him saying that he pressed on and the letter was signed, Dr so and so - He had passed his exams and is now a qualified Christian doctor. Invest in people. It is worthwhile!
Jesus bless you and goodbye.