Success

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, it is the 18th of November, 2022 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.

‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”
Zechariah 4:6

The Holy Spirit took a shepherd boy and made him into a king, that’s right - David, a sling and a stone to demolish a killing machine by the name of Goliath. The Lord Jesus specialises in making nobodies into somebodies. Remember, success is merely a failure turned inside out. It is not us but Christ in us that counts. 

“Christ in me, the hope of glory.”
Colossians 1:27

I want to tell you about a man that impacted my life hugely. When I was a young Christian, I picked up his book, “Mover of Men and Mountains.” They called him, “the Dean of Earth-moving.” Yes, I am talking about the greatest inventor of earth-moving machinery, Robert LeTourneau, with no less than 300 patents to his name. I believe he eventually sold out to Caterpillar.  

He was the one who said, “When you put your hand in your pocket at church to put your money in the plate, don’t ask yourself the question, “How much of my money am I going to give the Lord today?” but rather say, “How much of the Lord’s money am I going to keep for myself today?”. He lived on 10% of his income and he tithed 90% of his income. He was a multimillionaire. I want to tell you that Robert LeTourneau started very, very poorly. He dropped out of school at 14 years old and yet he became a businessman for God when He made the Lord his business partner and he went into partnership with Jesus. Well, as they say, the rest is just unbelievable history. He invented the Tournapull, a massive scraper that can scrape up hundreds of tons of earth and move it. He was a man who loved God. He was the first man to fly a twin-engine aeroplane in the United States of America but he was just an ordinary man who was filled with the Spirit of God. 

Now if we look at Romans 8:11, the Bible tells us if the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, that same Spirit that raised Christ shall quicken your mortal body.

Today, put your trust, like David did, not in a sling, not in a stone, but in the Lord God Almighty of Heaven and earth. 

Jesus bless you and goodbye.