For Those Who Love Him

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 7th of October, 2023, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We start in 1 Corinthians 2:9:  

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

What a beautiful scripture! It has touched my heart so deeply this morning. Another translation says, "Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine, these are the many things God has in store for all His lovers." Isn't that beautiful? And yet another translation says, "No one has ever seen or heard anything like this, never so much as to imagine anything quite like it, what God has arranged for those who love Him."

Oh, my dear friend, I love Him so much! You have got no idea how much I love Him. He's been with me through thick and thin. He has been with me when others have rejected me, when they have castigated me, when they have told lies about me, He has been with me. He has never once left me in over 40 years of ministry. You know, I just want to tell you about one highlight because this morning, this message is particularly for you, Sir, to encourage you that He has not forgotten you and in fact, that He has very special plans for you if you love Him. There is the qualification. 

Many years ago, a very, very dear friend of mine, the CEO of possibly the biggest publishing house in South Africa, came to me and said, "Angus, we are going to do a Bible for you, a Bible print for you." I couldn't believe it. I nearly passed out! You know how much I love the Bible. You will never see a photograph of me without me holding my Bible because the Bible is Jesus Christ in print. He said, "We are going to do a Bible for you, and we are going to put one of your devotionals running right through it from the Book of Genesis to Revelation.

Well, I tell you, I was so overwhelmed - "Eye has not see, ear has not heard…" I held a banquet on the evening that it was printed. For the first time in my life, I went and hired a tuxedo. Can you imagine me in a tuxedo? We had a splendid evening, I invited all my special friends and those who have been involved with this ministry from the start, and we celebrated. I want to tell you, my dear friend, that even to be associated with the word of God blew my mind. I never dreamt in a million years that I would even have my name on the cover of a Bible. Now, I am not being disrespectful, not at all. It's the Bible with Grassroots Reflections. It is one of the dearest gifts the Lord could ever have given me. 

Today, He has plans for you if you love Him,
Jesus bless you and goodbye.