Watchmen

Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 14th of September, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Ezekiel 3:17:

”…give them warning from Me…”

We need to warn people about the urgency of the hour in which we are living. Folks, we need to warn them in order for their lives to be saved. We have a responsibility, however - and this is very important - we cannot lead a person to Christ ourselves. Only the Holy Spirit can do that in the name of Jesus Christ.

I have got a special horse. His name is Snowy. I think you know him. I can take Snowy down to the water but I can’t make him drink. He only drinks when he wants to drink, and seriously, that is the case with people. We can tell them about the Lord but we can’t make them serve the Lord. There is a terrible urgency in the world at the moment. People need to know the way home. They need to know that they have to be born again. It’s what the Bible says. If we look at John 4:35, Jesus says:

”Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’?

In other words, tomorrow is another day. In Zulu we say, “Kusasa, evuma uNkulunkulu“ Tomorrow, if the Lord wills. And Jesus says,

“Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”
John 4:35

We really need to blow the trumpet and warn the people. You know, I have got a picture, I have had it for many years in my mind, and this is the picture - of a sleeping watchman on top of the wall of an old medieval castle, and all the people sound asleep inside the castle. Now the watchman has a responsibility. When he sees the enemy coming, he has to blow the trumpet and warn the people to wake up and get ready to defend themselves, but he is sound asleep, and the enemy has put ladders on the walls, and they are busy climbing up the ladders to go into the castle and to destroy the people.

You and I are those watchmen. We have a responsibility. “Ja, but they won’t listen to me, Angus”. No, that is not your responsibility. Your responsibility is to tell them, and that is not only by words but by action and lifestyle. It’s not just the responsibility of the evangelist or the minister or the pastor, no! It is every single believer's responsibility, whether at school, at university, in the workplace, in the hospital, wherever you might be. People need to hear that Jesus Christ loves them and that He is coming back very soon and we need to be prepared.

Have a wonderful day and goodbye.