Sermons in Shoes

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 11th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 John 2:6:

“He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”

Wow, a very powerful challenge! The writer here says the preaching this world needs most are “the sermons in shoes” that are walking with Jesus Christ - sermons in shoes.

Don’t just tell people that Jesus loves them. The Lord says, “But show them that Jesus loves them by our actions.” We need to become Christ-like. It is no good just talking. There has got to be action. Don’t tell people that Jesus loves them. Show them that Jesus loves them. Faith is a doing word. It is a verb, it’s not a noun. A noun is like a table or a chair or a cupboard. Faith is an action word. So we cannot please God without faith, and he who believes must believe that He is and that He is the Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. I think you will find that in Hebrews 11:6. 

To give you a practical example of what I am talking about, there is a group of men and women whom I admire greatly. They have a project called “Farming God’s Way”, and they are established all over Central and Southern Africa. So they don’t take food to the poorest of the poor. No, they teach the poorest of the poor how to grow food for themselves. You know the old story about if you give a person a fish, that’s right, he will have enough food for one day but if you teach him how to fish, he’ll be able to feed himself everyday. That is what God is looking for - practical, down to earth Christian action.

Today, let us put our faith into action by walking the talk.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, goodbye.