Be Humble

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 15th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of John 1:15:

“John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” 

(John the Baptist talking about Jesus Christ).

Then we go to the Gospel of Matthew 18:4:

“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

We are talking today about humility. I have heard humility described as controlled strength. A humble person doesn’t have to be a soft person. What do they say about Moses? They said the softest part of Moses was his teeth! If you don’t understand what I am saying, young person, ask your dad. He will tell you. He was a tough man to lead the whole nation through the desert for forty years. 

John the Baptist, there was nothing soft about him, but the amazing thing is, Jesus says, ”There has never been a man born from the womb of a woman, greater than John the Baptist.” What a compliment, coming from the Master!

I want to tell you a little story. I read a book called, “Take Your glory Lord.” It was the life story of a Zulu pastor who lived down in the South Coast of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. His name was William Duma. He was an extremely anointed preacher and had a wonderful healing ministry. He was invited up into Zambia, to preach at a Baptist churc,h and the church was packed on that Sunday morning. They were all waiting to hear the word of God from this man from South Africa, and he was late! 9 o’clock came and there was no sign of him. The pastor of the church was worried. He thought, “I will just have to pull one of my sermons out of my top pocket” because he just wasn’t coming. Then all of a sudden, he heard a knock-knock through the curtain that separated the back door, where the cleaning lady would come in and where everything was stored. He went through the curtain, opened the door and there was the man of God, standing at the servant’s entrance - humility!

Today, go out and be humble. Be humble, prefer your fellowman to yourself. Don’t forget the older people. Don’t forget to take care of the young children, and Jesus Christ will do the rest!

God bless you and goodbye.