I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 5th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 17:19:

”And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,…“

Then we go straight to Psalm 119:105:

”Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

We have it all there, the Lord has put it before us. The Israelites wanted a king like all the other nations, and so reluctantly God gave them a king, but the statute was that the king must obey the law of the Lord. The fear of the Lord - that’s not to be afraid of God, but it is to respect God, to treat the Lord with reverence, to obey His laws, and then things will go well for him, and you’ll see that right through history. When a leader uses God’s Holy Word, the Bible, as his compass and direction finder, that man, that woman, will be used mightily of God to lead their people.

I think of a school today. The school that opens every morning with prayer and scripture reading, that school is going to go well. I’m telling you folks, I know it. The same thing happens in the business. I’ve seen it, men are doing it all over the place and woman, they start their day, whether it be a garage where they are fixing motor vehicles, whether it be in a mine, where they are going down underground, before they go down they pray and they read the word of God. On the farm, all my farm workers coming together and hearing the word of God for that day. It brings unity, it brings peace, and it brings joy. What about the home? That’s the real place. You see, when we use the word of God at home, it settles all arguments and disputes. In the morning, moms and dads, pray for your children before they go to school, before they go to university, every day.

We think of a court of law. When that person is called up in a court of law, he has to put his hand on the Bible, and he’s got to say, ”I promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.” These are statutes that have been put in place so that we might live lives of peace, of prosperity, and of hope, giving Jesus Christ first place every single morning in your life, and you will be amazed at how well things will go!

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.