Thought For Today

Complete the Job


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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 2nd of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 3:35:

The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His hand.”

Our Heavenly Father gave Jesus all authority and all responsibility, and Jesus fulfilled and completed the responsibility right to the last letter. He died on the cross for your sins, for my sins. He set us free. He put the devil down once and for all, and then He went back to Heaven to be with His Father. But before He went back, He told His disciples that He will not leave us as orphans. Homeless, with no leaders. He said, ”I am sending you My Holy Spirit.” In Greek the name is, Parakletos, which means “the Helper”. “I am sending you the Helper so that you can complete the entrusting that God has given to me.” That’s what Jesus said.

Now in the amplified version, reading that today, in both scriptures, we go to John 16:7: But I tell you the truth, (Jesus said) it is to your advantage (our advantage) that I go away (that I go home, that I go back to My Father in Heaven); for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. 

I want to speak today, not only to men but to women, to young people, to leaders. The Lord never expected us to do it on our own. Our Father in Heaven sent His Son down to earth because He saw that we were failing terribly. The Son did the work. He’s gone back to the Father but He’s left us with His Holy Spirit. He says, ”Now you” (That’s you and me, sir, you and me, young lady) “complete the job.” You know, it’s a handing over, it’s a responsibility. 

In these Olympic relay races, the most important part of the race is handing the baton over. If you drop the baton, you are disqualified, and there’s only a certain place that you can hand it over. There are two lines. You’ve got a few yards. You’re running at a full sprint. You need to be in unison with the person that you’re giving the baton to. Today, you and I need to understand that our Heavenly Father has given us the authority, he has given us the ability. Now we need to do it, we need to do it fast and we need to do it safely. 

Let’s finish the job. 
Jesus bless you and goodbye.

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