Preach The Gospel

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 12th of January, 2023, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.  

“And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,…” 
Romans 15:20

Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”  
Mark 16:15

All people need the Lord. John Wesley said, “The world is my parish, my congregation.” Maybe it is your next-door neighbour that you need to speak to about Jesus, maybe it is the people in a far-off land that need to hear the Gospel. You don’t have to build on another man’s foundation. Like never, ever before people need the Lord. 

Gladys Aylward was a housemaid. She was a domestic worker in England many years ago. She was a small little lady and had a huge heart for China. She tried to join the missionary organisations but they wouldn’t have her because she was a slow learner, she couldn’t learn to speak Chinese, but she was not deterred. She continued working as a housemaid, saved up her money, caught a train and travelled to China, right across Europe and Asia, on the Trans Siberian Railway. A film was made about her life called, “The Small Woman, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness”. She went all the way on her own because she didn’t want to build on someone else’s foundation. She led over a hundred orphans over the mountains to safety when the Japanese were invading China, and she led many of them to Christ.

In those days they used to bind up children’s feet with cloth to prevent them from growing and these children were almost physically handicapped, and she was instrumental in abolishing that horrific thing. She was loved by all Chinese and became a Chinese citizen. She started orphanages all over the place. Yes, she did not build on someone else’s foundation. 

What is your heart today? Maybe you need to start building a foundation on your farm with your farmworkers, maybe in your factory with your factory workers, maybe at school? If you are a school teacher you have got an instant congregation. Maybe at university? What a place to lead people to Christ. Don’t lose your vision. Go into the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. 

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.