I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 3rd of September, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 John 2:15 KJV:

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.”

We need to be unclogged from the things of the world. I read a beautiful reading, early this morning, by a man by the name of J. Ingels and this is how it goes:

‘If you go to the banks of a little stream and you watch the flies that come down to bathe in it, you will notice that while they plunge their bodies into the water, they keep their wings high out of the water, and after swimming about a little while, they fly away with their wings un-wet, through the sunny air. Now, that is the lesson for you and me. Here, on this earth, we are immersed in the cares and the business of the world, but let us keep our wings, the wings of our soul, our faith and our love, out of the world, so that with these unclogged, we may be ready to take our flight to Heaven.”

Isn’t that beautiful? Don’t get bogged down with the things of this world that rob us of our joy. We start getting involved in things that have got nothing to do with us. Remember, you and I are sojourners, we are travellers, we are passing through. We are not remaining here forever. No, let us do what we can while we are here but let us keep our wings dry so that when the Lord calls us, we can fly away with Him into our heavenly home. 

Today, folks, let us focus on the most important things that count - first of all, God, secondly, our loved ones, our family, then our friends, and then our work or our ministry. But let us keep them in order so that we do not get bogged down. We get our wings wet and then we cannot fly out of that water. Today, let us fly into the sunshine with dry wings and a body that is ready to face the Lord Jesus Christ, when He calls us and He says, “Well done good and faithful servant, come and enter into thy rest.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.