Foot Soldiers
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 11th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 1 Samuel 17:45:
“Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.“
A young boy with a sling and a couple of stones defeated the mightiest warrior of the Philistines.
Then we go to 1 Peter 5:5 where the Lord says:
“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
God uses ordinary people. We know that so well. A man by the name of Thomas Champness said: “Is it not one of the difficulties of church work that we have more officers than men? We need more of the rank and file who are willing to march anywhere and to do the lowliest tasks. We shall succeed in doing greater things when all are willing to be subjects.” Yes, we are talking about more foot soldiers and less officers needed. He goes on to say, “It is the bayonet rather than the golden braid that is needed when the enemy is to be subdued.” I want to say to you today, God is looking for foot soldiers. We are not going to win the war against the devil and his demons with only officers.
We need the foot soldiers, the privates, the ordinary men, men like William Carey, who was mocked once, “I believe you are just a shoemaker?” He said, “No, I am not a shoemaker, I cannot make shoes. I am a cobbler, I can only repair shoes.” Yet, he went on to do so many great things for God in India by translating the Bible from English into Sanskrit and many Indian languages - a foot soldier that God used to be a general. Today, we mustn’t be so concerned about becoming officers in God’s army, we must rather become a band of foot soldiers who are prepared to go wherever the Lord calls us.
So today, say, “Lord, whatever you tell me to do, I will do it with all of my heart”, and God will use you in the most surprising ways.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.