I greet you in Jesus' precious Name. It is Sunday morning, the 29th of December, 2024, and this is your friend Angus Buchan with a Thought for Today. We start with Daniel 10:19:

"And he said, "O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!"

Then we go to Ephesians 6:10:

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might."

Be strong in the Lord! Things are very tough; I'm not gonna tell you a lie. We have been experiencing a terrible drought everywhere we look in South Africa. Things are really not looking good with the naked eye. We look at the wars that have taken place in the Middle East, Russia, and Ukraine. We look at the immorality, which is at an all-time high, and we say, "Lord, where are you?" and the Lord says: "Be strong." The Lord says: "Stand, the battle is the Lord's." You'll see that in Ephesians 6:14 (& 2 Chronicles 20:15). We are not to do the fighting; the Lord is fighting for you, young lady and young man. No, the fight is not yours. You cannot make this your battle. It's God's battle, and He wants you to stand. You know those two words, "But God." When people say there's no future for this country, you say: "But God." When they say, "These young people will never amount to anything." You say: "But God."

I want to encourage you as we come to the close of 2024 and look forward to 2025; we need to understand the battle is the Lord's. He has promised us with that beautiful word in Daniel that we need to stand. Folks, when God confronted Moses at the Burning Bush, Moses was a broken man. He had fled from Egypt. He had murdered a slave driver and was at an all-time low. The Lord said to him, "I want you to go and tell my people that I'm going to set them free", and God said to Moses in Exodus 3:14:

"I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, "I AM has sent me to you."

That was it. I want you to say today when you look at that mountain and think, "I'll never get over it..." I AM says: "You will." and I AM says: "I'll be with you for the whole of 2025." All you need to do is to stand and be strong. The Lord will do it!

Jesus bless you, and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye