Consecrated

A very good morning to you! It is Friday morning, 27th May, 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

If we go to 1 Corinthians 11 and I am reading from verse 24, Jesus says:

“Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner, He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This, do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

You know, when we consecrate everything we have to the Lord Jesus, then He blesses and even multiplies it as He did with the two fishes and the five barley loaves of bread. Remember in Mark 6:38 - He took those two fishes, and those five barley loaves and consecrated them to His Heavenly Father and then He fed 5,000 men.

You know, every morning when we have breakfast together, Jill and I and we break bread. That is right, we have Holy Communion, every single day. God blesses what we eat and also what we do. When we say our grace before we sit down and eat, then also we eat our food heartily.

You know, many times we are invited to places overseas where the food is prepared in ways that we are not accustomed to but do you know what we do? We say our grace, we give thanks to the Lord and then we eat it, heartily. Sometimes some people will come with us and they are concerned about their weight, their figures. We ask them not to come with us, please, I tell you why - because when you start pushing food away from you and you start picking at your food or you don’t eat it, you embarrass and you offend the host and that is not the objective of us as believers. Sometimes you will win somebody to Jesus quicker by participating in their home and their food than you will with any fancy sermon.

We need to forget about ourselves and start being concerned about other people. We need to get into the habit of thanking the Lord for everything that we do. You know, before we travel, we give thanks to God: “Lord, please protect this trip.” Before we do a business deal, “Lord, today we are going to do a business deal. We are going to buy cattle or we are going to sell cattle. We are going to plant a certain crop.” We pray over it. Before somebody gets employed we pray over them and then God multiplies and He consecrates it.

Today, get used to committing every aspect of your life to the Lord and He will do the rest.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.