I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 8th of October, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We go straight to Psalms 91:1, and today I’ll be reading it out of the Amplified Version of the Bible. It says:

”He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].”

Yes, that shelter we are talking about is our quiet time every morning, in our special place, wherever that might be, spending time in the presence of the Lord, praying, reading the word of God, meditating, and then we are strong enough to go out. I received a beautiful poem just the other night, we were having a prayer time up in the chapel and my son Dougal said, ”I want to read something to you.” He got it out of a Scripture Union booklet, that was printed in the 1950’s but listen to this poem. It’s called The Secret:

I met God in the morning when my day was at it’s best 
And His presence came like sunrise, like a glory in my breast.  
All day long the presence lingered, all day long He stayed with me 
And we sailed in perfect calmness over a very troubled sea. 
Other ships were blown and battered, other ships were sore distressed 
But the winds that seemed to drive them brought to us a peace and rest. 
Then I thought of other mornings with a keen remorse of mind
When I too had loosed the moorings with the presence left behind. 
So I think I know the secret learned from many a troubled way. 
You must seek Him in the morning if you want Him through the day.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.