I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 16th of January, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.  

We start in the Book of Isaiah 30:21: 

“Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.”

Then we go to the Book of Joshua 1:7: 

“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” 

The Way - now, who is The Way? Well, in John 14:6, Jesus said very clearly, “I am the way…” This year, let us start following the right way and stop going down one-way streets and cul-de-sacs so that when we get to the bottom, we just have to turn around and come back again. I was speaking to an old friend of mine yesterday. We were reminiscing a little bit, and we were talking about the Mighty Men Conferences that we had at Shalom Farm; he was one of the directors of the traffic, and he was an usher. He had a bright yellow bib on him and said he was standing in the main road approaching the farm and trying to direct the drivers into a certain entrance but the drivers were so intent on following their Garmins, that they literally drove right past him! He says he was standing in the middle of the road, literally doing star jumps, trying to catch the drivers’ attention and they would drive straight past him, all the way up to the church and of course to be told, “You took the wrong turning. You have to go back. There is a man with a yellow vest on and he will direct you” and they had to come back again. 

Don’t do that this year - this year, let us hear the voice of the Lord and He will show us the way.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.