I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 31st of October, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Matthew 28:16:

”Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.”

Then we read on to verse 19 and Jesus said:

”Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,…” 

Small beginnings - don’t despise small beginnings. Eleven disciples took the Gospel right around the globe. There weren’t hundreds of thousands, no, just eleven, and they were obedient. I want to say to you today, do not despise small beginnings.

A man by the name of Charnock said, ”The biggest actions in the world have usually started from very small beginnings.” He says, “Of a few letters of the alphabet, how many thousands of words are made? Of ten figures, how many thousands of numbers have been made? A point, one point, is the beginning of all geometry. A little stone flung into a pond makes a little circle and then a greater one until it enlarges itself to the sides.” So from small beginnings, God causes huge things to happen right throughout the world. 

I remember in 2003, in a game reserve in the north coast of Kwazulu-Natal, sitting, having a rest with my dear wife, Jill, and the Lord impressed upon my heart to mentor young men. That was the birth of the Mighty Men Conferences. The first one we had at Shalom, there were 240 men that came. The last one we had at Shalom, approximately 450,000 men came and now I can report with great joy and humility that we have over 20 Mighty Men Conferences taking place in this year alone, and I’m talking about places like Canada, places like Australia, Namibia, all over South Africa, and they are starting one in South East Asia and Nigeria. They are wanting them all over the world - started by one word from the Lord! And you know the amazing thing folks? I’m not going to be at any one of those Mighty Men Conferences myself this year. The Lord is doing it! Do not despise small beginnings, just do what He tells you to do and He will do the multiplying.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, 
Goodbye.