Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 6th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
If we go to 1 Corinthians 4:15, Paul says:
“For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.”
Ten thousand instructors, very few fathers, and I want to include mothers in this thought today. I am talking about the heads of our homes. I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to see the literal meaning of the word "mentorship" and "a mentor”. A mentor is an experienced person who advises you over a period of time. It takes a long time to be a mentor, a father, a mother. If you look at the next verse, 1 Corinthians 4:16: it says,
“Therefore” Paul says, “I urge you, imitate me.”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 11:1, he says it again:
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.”
Now there is a challenge. It is not easy, no ways, and it takes a long time. In fact, it takes a lifetime. My children are grown up and my oldest children are grandparents already, but yet I am still there for them. I am still their mentor and their dad. A mentor is a counsellor, a consultant, a trainer, a guide, an instructor, a teacher. Are you talking to your children every day? Are they talking to you? Because if they are not, you are not doing the work God has called you to. It is not easy. I know. I have many children. In fact, I am mentoring over 500 men at the moment, so I really know what I am talking about, and it is not easy and often you drop the baton.
We were asked many years ago by the ANC, our political party in South Africa, to stop criticising the party and to come with constructive criticism, as it were. I got an opportunity to speak to the President of South Africa, and I said, “Sir, the problem in our nation is a fatherless generation.”
I want to say to you today, take up your role as mentor in your home. You might be a single parent but you still have to take the responsibility, father or mother, because the children are desperate for leadership.
Jesus bless you and have a good day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 4th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Book of Acts 20:37-38:
”Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.”
Now we know that was the last time they saw Paul and they knew it because from there he eventually ended up in Rome and he was beheaded by the Roman Emperor. Always a sad thing to say goodbye, isn’t it? An airport for me is always a bitter sweet place. I sit often and I watch when I’m waiting for my plane. People that are arriving, and there is absolute joy and tears and hugs having not seen their loved ones for maybe a number of years, but it is also a place of great sadness when some loved ones are saying goodbye knowing that that they will probably not see them again in this life.
I want to tell you about the Drakensberg Boys Choir. Just a short while ago, I had the privilege of speaking to these young men. As we were finishing up, we’d made the alter call, we’d prayed the Sinners Prayer, we’d repented, we’d rejoiced, and a group of these young men gathered around me and they said they’d like to sing me a song, and they sang that beautiful song, “Until we meet again” and I must say it did bring me to tears but you know the Good News is, as believers, as followers of Jesus Christ, it’s never goodbye forever. No, it’s only for a season.
If we look at John 14:3, the Lord says, ”I will come again”. It’s a promise! He’s coming back to fetch us, you and me, who believe in the Lord and who love Him, and He’s going to take us home to Heaven to be with our loved ones. So that is wonderful news and Jesus has promised that to all who believe in Him. I want to encourage you to pray for your loved ones and pray that you will see them again in Heaven.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 3rd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Ezekiel 3:18:
”…and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.“
Then we go to the Book of Acts 20:26-27:
”Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.”
You and I have an obligation to tell people about Jesus, starting with our own families. There’s an old saying that goes like this. “Nobody deserves to hear the Gospel twice until the world has heard it once.” Isn’t that true?
We live on a farm and we’ve got lots of horses. You can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Isn’t that right? We need to tell people they need Jesus Christ in order to be saved. If we don’t tell them and the Holy Spirit has prompted us to tell them, then their blood shall be on our hands. That’s what Paul was saying and that’s what the Book of Ezekiel is saying, but don’t try and force them. Now this word is specially for wives and for daughters because I want to tell you something, I am so grateful to Jesus Christ for my wife and for my dear old mother who’s gone to be with the Lord, soft hearts, but there are men that get tough and the worst thing that you can do is to try and persuade your loved one to become a Christian when he’s not ready. The worst thing you can do is to leave Christian magazines on the coffee table! I’m laughing, but it’s not funny. Those men are not stupid. They know exactly what you are trying to do. So what must we do? You must pray and you must ask God to soften their hearts, but don’t try and force them because you’ll probably push them the other way.
My dear old dad was one of the strongest men I ever knew, he was a blacksmith by trade. He had his own private ways. He was very conservative, very reserved. Every time I’d try and talk to him about Jesus, he would say, “Son, I’ve got my own ways and my own belief.” How do you get through to a man like that? Well, I prayed and I prayed and then one day, oh yes, one day he said to me when I said, ”Dad, you need Jesus.” He said, ”Not before time,” and he prayed the Sinner's Prayer with me.”
Do it today. Pray, get ready and then tell them about the love of Jesus.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 2nd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Acts 20:7:
”Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.”
How’s that for a sermon? Preaching all night! But there was a young man, whose name was Eutychus. He was sinking into a deep sleep, and he fell out the window, the third storey. He fell to the ground, and he died. Paul stopped his preaching, went down to the bottom, laid his hands, laid his body over Eutychus and prayed, and God raised him up! Then Paul went back upstairs and kept preaching all night until the sun came up, then he blessed them all and continued on his journey. What a man! What a work ethic!
I want to encourage you today, young man, young lady. You must work hard and especially for the Kingdom of God. It’s not about, “Oh, so and so is so lucky, or he is so blessed or so privileged.” No, if you look into that man’s life, you will see that he was a very diligent, hard-working man or woman. At university, at school, in the workplace, continually working and praising the Lord - a wonderful example to so many people who can’t even get out of their bed in the morning.
Strength for the strain - God gives us enough strength for the work that he’s called us to. Let us not become lazy. Let us not become slack. You know that beautiful scripture found in Galatians 6:9:
“And let us not grow weary (tired) while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
Jesus bless you. Have a wonderful day as you keep working for the Master!
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 1st of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 9:26. This is Moses speaking:
“Therefore I prayed to the Lord, and said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.”
The Lord was so angry with the Children of Israel because they had made a moulded calf out of gold and started to worship it because Moses had taken so long to come down from the mountain.
Then we go straight to the Book of Romans 6:23:
”For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Then the last scripture is Luke 23:34:
“Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”
He said that while He was hanging on the cross.
You know sin is a terrible thing. It hurts so many people, especially our loved ones. I’m talking about that divorce, I’m talking about that period that you have spent in prison because you stole something, I’m talking about the lies that have got you into so much trouble. It actually damages our testimony. We have nothing to say after that. It breaks my heart when I hear of men and women of God who have done so much for the Lord and then they fall into sin and their whole testimony is wiped out in one night. I remember one man, we know him well, but I’m not going to name him, he was one of the top apologists in the world. He was a man who had the students literally eating out of his hand, and then he dropped the ball, as they say, and overnight his books, his material was taken off all the shelves of every Christian bookshop that I know of, but I want to tell you some good news. 1 John 1:9 says:
”If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
I want to pray for you. Maybe you have got yourself into a terrible situation. I want to say to you, confess your sins to your wife, to your husband, to your children, to your parents, to your loved ones. Say sorry, Jesus paid the price for our sins. He says: ”Go and sin no more, your sins are forgiven.” Pray this prayer after me:
Jesus, please forgive me for the way in which I have sinned knowingly, in a moment of weakness. I am devastated by what I have done and I plead Your blood over my life to wash the sins away so that I can continue to live a life which is pleasing to You and to my loved ones. I ask this in Your precious name. Amen.
God bless you and goodbye.