Open Doors
I greet you in Jesus precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 4th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 1 Corinthians 16:9:
”For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.”
Then we go to the Book of Colossians 4:3:
”…meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains,”
A great door of opportunity open, but much opposition, many adversaries. There’s a cost involved if you really want to serve Jesus Christ. Whether it be in the pulpit, whether it be in the workplace, whether it be at school, university. Great doors of opportunity will be opened, but they always come at a price, and I want to suggest to you today it’s more spiritual than physical.
For over forty years, I have driven out of this little farm called Shalom. With tears often running down my face as I have just said goodbye to my dear wife once again and all my little children, a hard price to pay. Are you prepared to do it, and do it with all your heart or not? I would have many a conversation driving down the road to go and catch that aeroplane and fly overseas to another continent for a few weeks. “Lord, I really don’t want to do this. I am a farmer, Lord. I’m a happy farmer, I love farming. Oh, but Jesus, You have seen fit to open a huge door for me, a wonderful opportunity to speak to many multitudes of people, but I miss my wife, I miss my children. I miss the farm.” - many adversaries.
For me, I love telling people about Jesus, but then I’ve got to go to that hotel room again and sit there on the other side of the world and trust that the Lord is looking after my dear wife and my children. It is a price, folks, but it is a spiritual price. You must understand that when Paul wrote the letter in Colossians, he was actually in chains in the dungeon but he still regarded it as a great opportunity to tell people about Jesus. We must do the same and there is no retirement, there is no slowing down, there is no stopping. We must do it till the end by His grace.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.