Mission Accomplished
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 13th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in Psalm 23:6:
”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”
Then we go to John 19:30:
’…“It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”
The Lord has done it all. He completed the task. He has done the work. He ran His race, and He said at the end, ”It is finished!” And with that He bowed His head and He went home to Heaven where He is waiting for you and for me.
How are you feeling about that this morning? Well, I want to use an illustration for you which used to be so wonderful for me. When you plant a crop of maize or wheat or barley, it takes a lot of preparation. You have to prepare the land. You have to get the right seed. You have to calibrate your planting machine. You have to wait for the right time, and then you start planting, and depending on the size of your crop, some men have to plant night and day for weeks on end, and eventually you get the crop planted completely.
In between times, you have to stop maybe for a while because the rain is coming down so heavily you cannot get in with your tractors, but the rain stops, the sun comes out, and then you continue and it is critical you get your crop in by a certain time otherwise you start losing the yield when you reap the crop. There is a proper time. There is a special time to get that crop in. So you are working night and day, literally with lights at night, not getting much sleep. Eventually you finish the crop. It’s done, it’s completed, that’s exactly what Jesus has done for you and me! He has finished the job, and the Psalmist said,
”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”
Once we’ve done the job, stop fretting. Stop being afraid. Do your best, do what God’s called you to do and then leave it to Him to do the rest, to grow the crop and to bring in the bumper harvest.
Jesus Christ bless you as you rest in Him today, knowing that it is mission accomplished.
Goodbye