Ordinary People

It is Tuesday 20th October 2020 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.

If we go to the Book of Acts, Acts Chapter 18 and verse 3:

“So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers”.

I think the greatest of all the apostles in the Bible was a working man. That is right! he was a tent-maker by trade.

What was his name? His name was Paul - Paul, the apostle, and he even went into business with Aquila, another tent maker and a mighty man of God.

The disciples were all working folk, just like you and me.

Peter, James and John were fishermen.

Matthew worked for the Receiver of Revenue! That’s right. He was a tax collector.

I want to say to you today that The Lord Jesus Christ is calling you and me to be witnesses for him.

I want to say to you that if it were not for the ordinary common folk, my wife, Jill and I, would probably have not met Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour.

You see, on a Sunday morning we went to church.

I was reluctant to go but my wife could see that I really needed help because I was just working myself steadily to death, night and day,.

And we went to a little Methodist Church in the main street in our town, Greytown, and the methodist minister had organized a lay witness mission.

What does that mean? It means just ordinary people - builders, housewives, sportsmen, musicians, doctors, farmers - giving their testimonies and telling folk what Jesus had done for them.

Broken marriages restored, sickness healed, new vision given, sins forgiven.

I sat there in that church and for the first time in my life, I saw men and women weeping openly, about The Lord Jesus Christ and what He had done for them.

I could identify with these businessmen who said, “I just couldn’t stop. I had to keep working to put bread on the table and I could see there was just no end, and then I met the Man from Galilee.”

A simple altar call was made and up we went.

We committed our lives to Christ and I have never been the same since.

Then another tradesman, another working man, came to visit us straight after the service.

He came to our farm, an electrician by trade.

He said, “I saw you in church today. You went forward and you gave your life to Christ. Did you mean what you did?”

I said, “Of course I did”

He said, “Well, then tell the first three people tomorrow morning what you did.”

I went ahead the next day and I told the first three people that, “yesterday I accepted Christ as my Saviour” - and I have never stopped since.

Why don’t you do the same today?

Why don’t you tell the first three people you meet that Jesus Christ is the most important person in your life?

God bless you and have a lovely day.