I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 7th of January, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start with Isaiah 40:31:

But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

As we prepare ourselves, and some are ready - many of us are even in the race already for 2024, we need to hear what the Word of God says. 

Now, George Matheson, the blind Scottish preacher, said a profound thing: "To fly with the eagles belongs to the young soul..." It's a romantic time in your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is when you are newly saved - You've just come into a beautiful relationship with the Lord and feel like you are flying about 30,000 feet above sea level. It's a different story to walk the road of the world, to keep yourself pure and clean, not to become defiled. When you are walking amongst wealthy people who are operating in the flesh and not in the Spirit of God - that takes a mature Christian. He says to be able to shine like the Lord, to make your stand, sometimes alone, with the principles you believe in, that type of walking is a lot harder than flying up into the high places where the Eagle flies. He says if we can do that, keeping ourselves pure and clean while walking through all the mud and all the rubbish, shining like lights and leading other people. He says, then, we have surpassed the flight of the Eagle.

So today, let us remember we need to be where the people are. The people are not all flying like eagles, I can assure you. Many of them are crawling, trying to make it to the finish line. We need to walk with them, pick them up, pray with them, dust them off, and, if need be, carry them across the finish line. 

Jesus bless you as you have a peaceful Sunday. 
God bless you, goodbye.