Keep Moving Forward

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 23rd of March, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Psalms 18:33: 

“He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.”

Then we go straight to the Book of Habakkuk 3:19:

“The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,…”

I looked up that animal that climbs the high mountains, the mountain goat from North America. Do you know, his feet have been designed by God for climbing steep rocky slopes? They have inner pads on their feet to stop them from slipping, they have cloven hooves that can spread apart to stop them from slipping. They can live in high altitudes, up to 4000 metres above sea level. Well, the Lord has made Christians like that too. He has given us the ability to access the high places where no unbeliever can go. The Christian can take pressure that the world is fearful of, he can exist where no other can exist. 

Look at the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in Daniel 3, where they were thrown into a fiery furnace and they did not burn. In fact, there was a fourth Person in the fiery furnace with them who had a likeness unto the Son of God. Yes, Jesus was in the fire with them and they never even got burnt! There was no smell of fire on their clothes.  Often we say, “Lord Jesus, I can’t do it, it is too hard, it is too high, it is too scary.” He says, “Take my hand and I will lead you all the way home.”

I remember like yesterday, taking a group of young men from a children’s home in Durban, up into the high places of the Drakensberg Mountains. When we were two-thirds to the top, the path got so narrow. It was so steep; on the one side was a sheer cliff wall, and on the other side, a fall that went down hundreds of metres, and they froze. I said, “You can do it and you must. We can’t go back, there is only one way - forward.” Christian, today let’s keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and He will take us through that high place that you are struggling with at the moment, that scary challenge that you have got at work or school. He will do it. He has given you the ability, all you have to do is keep your eyes fixed on Him, don’t even look around you and keep walking forward and you will get there.

Have a wonderful day, 
Jesus bless you and goodbye.