I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 13th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in Psalms 34:19:

”Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”

Then we go to 1 Corinthians 10:13:

”No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” 

At the moment, in our beloved South Africa, we are facing many trials and tribulations, but God has a word for you and for me today. He says, ”Do not be afraid.”

Folks, I am a farmer, I will die a farmer. My wife says you can put me in a three-piece suit and I’ll still look like a farmer, and I take that as a great compliment. But seriously, many farmers in our nation have been under the whip extreme. I’m talking about the drought, which in some areas has already broken, praise be to God, and I’m talking about the foot-and-mouth epidemic, which is raging right at our very doorsteps, but the Lord has promised us that he will make a way out.

Now what I want to say to you, and I’m not just talking to farmers -  I’m talking to wives, children, students, I’m talking to school teachers, I’m talking to doctors, I’m talking to professional sportsmen -  It doesn’t matter what you’re going through as long as you do not give up.

No man having put his hand to the plough (come on farmers know that) and looking back is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven - Luke 9:62. We need to press forward. You say to me, ”Angus, I can’t anymore.” You can and you must. Why am I bringing this message to you today?  Because I am getting letters from the public who are saying, ”I am at the end of my tether. I can’t anymore.” I’m telling you that you can and you must, and you will, and you will look back on this time in years to come and you will remember, these were the times when the Lord was the closest to you.

Last of all, do not turn your back on God. Do not blame God for anything. Thank Him for His Son, Jesus Christ, who has been through temptations and pain and suffering like none of us even understand, and He came through, and by the way, He’s coming back soon one of these days to take us to be with Him in Paradise forever, but until that time, let us press on. 

Jesus bless you and goodbye.