I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 26th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Exodus 40:37-38:

“But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.  For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

They did not move until the cloud moved. Then we go to the Book of Acts 1:4:

“…He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father,…”

The Lord wants to talk to you and me this morning about not becoming so impatient. Many of us think that the Israelites just wandered aimlessly through the wilderness for 40 years. No, they didn’t. Their Heavenly Father did not leave them as orphans. He put a cloud over the tabernacle and He said, “Don’t move until the cloud moves,” and then at night a pillar of fire, as a sign of protection over them. We must not move until the Lord tells us to move. 

We go to the Acts of the Apostles, after the Lord Jesus Christ had been resurrected, they were totally lost, the disciples were all huddled together in the Upper Room. I have been to that room, I have laid on the floor of the Upper Room. I was so blessed, Jill and I. There wasn’t a soul in that Upper Room when we were there that day, and we just lay on that floor and we just worshipped God. He said that we must wait for the promise of the Father. Now that is where a lot of us are making mistakes. We are running ahead of God, and that is why we are getting into trouble. 

As a young farmer, I remember us going through a drought period. I had planted my maize crop, but there was no rain. I wanted to disc it in and start again, but I didn’t have the money. I waited, and you know something? My neighbours put the plough in and started all over again. I waited and I waited and then the rain came! When the rain came, that maize came through. It was a beautiful crop. If I had not waited, I would have got myself into terrible financial trouble.

Today, wait for the promise of God. When the cloud moves, you move. When the cloud doesn’t move, you stay. If God doesn’t tell you to go, you better stay. If God tells you to go, pack your bags, then leave today. 

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful, peaceful day,
Goodbye.