I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 9th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in that well-known Psalm, Psalm 23:2: 

He leads me beside the still waters.”

Jesus leads us. Then we go to John 14:6.

”Jesus said to him, “I am the way…” 

Jesus is the way. He is the one who is leading us. Now, as we look at the new year, 2026, maybe you are walking on a new road. The Lord says to you today, ”Keep on walking.” 

“Lord, I don’t know where to go.” Don’t sit down, keep on walking. You know the story of the big sailing ship. As long as it is in the harbour, it cannot go anywhere, but when it is put out into the big seas, the wind will take it to it’s destination. Even if the wind is blowing the wrong way, a good mariner will know how to tack against the wind and still get the ship to it’s destination. Do not sit in that harbour.

I want to ask you a question. Have you ever been lost in the bush? Now, where I come from, there are tropical forests, and you know, you can walk and walk and walk for miles, and the bush looks exactly the same. You can climb up a tree and when you look out from the top of that huge tree all you see is a green cover of tree tops. So you’ve got no idea where you are going and then you start to panic, and that’s the worst thing you can ever do, and you start walking faster and faster and the worst thing is, after you’ve been walking for a few miles, you find that you are back at the same place. Desperation kicks in.

Are you desperate today? Are you my friend, not sure of what you’re going to do this coming year? Where you are going to work? Where the food is coming from? Where are you going to stay? You’re in a panic mode. The Lord says, ”Do not panic.” He says, ”I am sending someone to help you.”

Now you know, when you’ve been walking in that bush for a few hours and all of a sudden a local tribesman happens to walk up and you greet him and say, ”I am lost.” And he says, ”No problem, I’ll show you the way.” And he takes you straight to the main road. It is an incredible feeling of relief! Maybe you’re there today. Well, the Holy Spirit knows the way, oh yes! And Jesus says in Hebrews 13:5:

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

We need to slow down today. We mustn’t panic. We must keep walking forward and the Lord will open and close doors for us and don’t force the issue. He has got you in the palm of His hand.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye