In the Spirit

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 24th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Book of Galatians 3:1: “O foolish Galatians!” (Oh foolish John! Oh foolish Mary! Oh foolish Jenny! Oh foolish Matthew!) We go down then to verse 2: “This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” Yes, what we are asking ourselves is a question. We started this race in the Spirit, remember Jesus saved us. Remember, we were falling apart, we had come to the end, we couldn’t go on anymore. We cried out to God, and He saved us. Now He has restored us! Have we now forgotten where we came from? Sometimes it is good to look back and remind yourself that if it wasn’t for the Lord, I would be lost indeed. Don’t try and finish the job that you started in the Spirit by doing it in your own strength. That is what the Lord is saying. That is why that hymn that is so popular, Amazing Grace - that’s what it’s all about. John Newton found the Lord. Remember how it went? “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; I was blind, but now I see.” You were blind, you called out to God, He saved you, He saved me. Now that we can see, let us not go back to where we came from. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, Goodbye.