Significance
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 21st of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Gospel of John 13:4-5:
“He rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.”
I am talking about an act by the Son of God. I am talking about the great I AM. I am talking about the greatest Man who has ever walked on the face of this earth. He took a basin, He filled it with water, He took His coat off and put a towel around His waist and He started to wash His disciples dirty feet. I want to ask you a question today. Do you feel like you are living a meaningless life? Do you feel like you are living a life of no significance?
I want to speak to that mother who is looking after her three children, her husband is a blue-collar worker. He is bringing very little money and she has to make things work. She has to wash her children’s clothes the night before so they're dry, ironed, and ready to put on the next day because they don’t have another set of clothes, and she feels like this life is worthless. I want to say to you mother, I esteem you and I salute you.
I want to say to that man who has got a very menial job, you don’t think that anyone is even interested in you and that you are making no contribution to the world. Don’t be fooled. Look what the Son of God did!
I want to tell you a story. Maybe you have heard it before. Many years ago, I was in Central Africa with that big truck, the Seed-sower. We were preaching the Gospel to an unreached people, and we were very far into the bush. There was a pastor, a very humble man and his dear wife with a very small flock of people. We were tired, we were wary, we had been travelling for days. We were dusty. Anyway, after preaching the Gospel, we eventually went to bed. I was in a one-man tent. And during the night, I thought I was dreaming, I kept hearing water pouring. I would have given anything to have a basin of water.
When I woke up the next morning, there was a forty four gallon drum right next to my tent and it was filled to overflowing with beautiful fresh, clean water. That pastor’s wife walked back and forth from the river, about half a kilometre away, all night, carrying a bucket balanced on her head, and she brought forty-four gallons of water for us as a team, so we could drink and wash. God saw her heart. Make no mistake, I want to meet her in Heaven one day. Do not think you are of no significance, just do what God has told you to do and do it with much joy, and your reward is awaiting you in Heaven.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, goodbye.