I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 8th of January, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start with 1 Peter 1:24-25:

"All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
But the word of the Lord endures forever."

We do not trust in man's empty promises but only in the infallible Word of God, the Bible. Come on now, folks, let's be honest with ourselves - We can't even trust ourselves, can we? You know, if we look at the great apostle Paul, and he was a wonderful man of God, but look what he says himself in Romans 7:19:

"For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice."

Then we go down towards verse 24, he says:

"O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?"

Even Paul, the apostle who made Jesus face-to-face on the road to Damascus, did things he didn't want to do and didn't do things he should have. 

My dear friend, let us put our trust only in the Word of God; then we will be trustworthy. As we face 2024, we've got to do it with the Bible. We've got to do it by trusting in the Lord. Remember that old song: 

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because he lives, all fear is gone
Because I know, yes I know, He holds the future
And life is worth the living, just because he lives.

So we can face the future because we know the Lord is going with us. Have a wonderful day; Jesus bless you and goodbye.