I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 28th of January, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

One of my favourite scriptures, Philippians 4:13: 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."  

The emphasis here is in Christ who strengthens me. There was a great preacher named Phillips Brooks and this is what he said: "O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then, the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day, you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God."  

That is what brings glory to the name of Jesus Christ - when the Lord gives us the courage, the power and the strength to perform a miracle that people know a man could never do - and who gets all the glory? That's right - Jesus Christ gets all the glory. That is why we say at Shalom, "You must attempt something that is so big that if it is not from God it is doomed to fail." "Why?" you might ask. Well, when it works, people say, "Those people at Shalom could never have performed such a miracle. It must be God." And He gets all the glory. 

So today, step out by faith. Trust in the Lord to be your strength. If your vision doesn't scare you, it's not big enough. We really must do things that bring glory to the name of Jesus Christ and not to ourselves. 

Have a wonderful day,
Jesus bless you and goodbye.