A Holy Life

Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 2nd of July, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start off in the Book of Acts 17:6:

“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.”

Pascal, the great French philosopher, mathematician, etc. said something that is so special. He said, “The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the might of God” - a holy life. You see, that is what happened. Paul was preaching Jesus and said, “He is the Christ, He is the coming Messiah, He is the hope of the world”. The Greeks were persuaded to follow after the Lord Jesus Christ, but some were envious, some were evil, some went to the marketplace and got a whole lot of rabble-rousers and they attacked the house of Jason, where Paul and the apostles were staying - those who have turned the world upside down!

Now, they did not turn the world upside down with a mighty army - no! They did not turn the world upside down by a great invention - no! Well, how did they turn the world upside-down? By telling people that there is a God, that His name is Jesus Christ, that there is eternal life, that after we die in this world, we don’t go to a lost eternity. If we believe in Him, we have life eternal.

That great English evangelist, George Whitefield, said, “We are immortal (in other words, we can’t die), on this earth until our work has been completed.” I want to encourage you today to stop worrying about things that are not even going to happen. I want to encourage you today to focus on the Lord and that will bring more people to Christ than anything else.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.