Peace-Makers
I greet you in Jesus precious name! It is Friday morning, the 30th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in Numbers 12:3:
"(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)”
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 5:9:
”Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
Folks, we must differentiate here between peace-makers and peace-lovers. A vast difference. Now we know Moses, we have read so much about him. I’m looking forward to shaking him by the hand when we get to Heaven. For a man to be able to take a million-plus people out of slavery, through the Dead Sea, through the wilderness with no food and no army to protect him. Often no water to drink and often the very people that he was sent to save were trying to kill him.
A man who can take that kind of pressure, I can tell you, as the saying goes, the softest part of Moses' body was his teeth. I like that one. Folks, there was nothing soft about Moses, let me tell you. Yet he was a humble man. He was a peace-maker, and I want to say to dads today, because I get lots of letters from moms, dad, we need to be peace-makers in the home, not peace-lovers. Dad, you need to take your authority in the home. You need to love your wife. You need to protect her. You need to take authority in your home with your children. Children, you need to listen to dad. He has been put there by God. He is there to look after you and the Lord says, "Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the sons of God." Not peace-lovers, peace makers.
Dad, to be a peace-maker you need to use discipline in your home. Your wife must be protected. Sometimes the children, not intentionally, take advantage of mom. They don’t listen to her. They didn’t make their beds in the morning. They don’t get up when she asks them to get up. They don’t do the chores around the house and dad, you sit in that chair watching television. No good. Take your responsibility!
If you want to be a peace-maker in your home, you need to exercise authority. You need to be prophet, priest and king in the home. People often ask me, ”What does that mean?” Prophet is the one who directs the family. The priest is the one who has quiet times with his children every day, and the king is the one who brings the food home. He makes the money. Then you’ll have the peace of God which surpasses all understanding.
Have a blessed day, moms and dads, boys and girls.
Goodbye