For Him
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 11th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Joshua 5:13. Now Joshua is asking the Man that he finds in the road, who He is. Of course, He is the Commander of the Lord’s army, but Joshua didn’t know that, so he says:
“Are You for us or for our adversaries?” (our enemies)
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 12:30: Jesus says:
”He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”
Now I took the liberty of looking at the Message Translation. This is what it says:
“This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you’re not on my side, you’re the enemy; if you are not helping, you are making things worse.”
A very, very serious scripture! Are you for Him or are you against Him? Are you sitting on the fence or are you getting involved? There is no neutral ground. I hope you and I can both say, ”We’re with You Lord, all the way.” I think of that wonderful man of God, Gideon. He started with 32,000 soldiers, and he ended up with 300 soldiers to go against the enemy, and he allowed the balance of those men to go back home because he saw that they were fearful.
I really want to pray for you this morning because I think many of us are maybe sitting on the fence. We are not totally committed. We are not against the Lord, we love Him, but we don’t want to overdo it, we don’t want to get too involved. We don’t want to stand up and say, ”As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord,” because it might get us into trouble. We might even lose our job. We might lose our friends. We might be branded as one of them, but I want to say to you today, you need to make up your mind. When Jesus comes back to take us home, which is very soon, will He recognise you as one of His soldiers?
Father God, in Jesus' name I pray today for my friends. I pray for myself. Lord, please let us not become lukewarm because You have told us You will spew us out of Your mouth if we do. Let us get involved. Let us stand up for You. Let us be proud to be known as a follower of Jesus Christ.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.