I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 16th of July, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Luke 16:13:

“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” 

Then we go to the last book in the Bible, the Book of Revelation 3:15. The Lord Jesus says:

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.”

We cannot afford to be fence-sitters. Sitting on a fence is a very uncomfortable place to be, especially if it is a barbed wire fence! People despise folk who cannot make up their minds. 

Have you ever tried to drink a cup of tea that is lukewarm. Now, I am a tea drinker, I love tea. I want to tell you, there is nothing worse than a cup of tea that is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. I don’t mind drinking iced tea on a hot day, it is very refreshing, the Americans do that, I love iced tea. But on a freezing winter’s day while sitting by the fire, when someone gives you a strong, hot, steaming cup of tea - wow! You can’t beat it. People never respect a man or a woman who cannot make up their minds because they don’t want to offend anyone. 

If you need to follow Jesus, you need to follow Him all the way, or you need to disregard Him completely, which I would strongly advise you never to even think of doing. You see, people don’t have to like us but they must respect us. Lets be those who make up their minds. You are either black or white, no grey area. We are going to go on for Jesus. You know the old saying, “A faint heart never gained fair maiden”? If you love that girl, tell her. Don't let her have to guess it. Be determined. Young lady, if you have an affection for that young man, let him know, because the devil will try and keep you apart and then you will end up losing that person. 

It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all. Today let us be definite, let people know that we are not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation, for those who believe, first the Jew and then the Gentile. You will find that in Romans 1:16. 

God bless you and have a decisive day today. Make some good solid Christian decisions.
Goodbye.