I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 8:59 :

”Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple,…”

Folks, I want to speak to you today about contending with God. Do not fight with God. Contend means “put forward a view in an argument.”

Many of us, I’m including myself, when things don’t go well, we blame God. “Lord, where were You? Lord, You promised that You’d never leave me nor forsake me. Lord, why is this thing happening? Why am I faced with a divorce?” But if we are honest with ourselves, we know that we haven’t been doing things according to what God, through Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit, has told us to do. 

Stop having an affair with that woman and I’m talking about having an affair on the internet. Yes! I’m talking about making those phone calls to that girl. She’s not your wife, she’ll never be your wife and your own wife finds out about it. Things go wrong and you say, ”God, why have You done this to me?” God hasn’t done that to You, You’ve done it to yourself.

Pay your income tax. Don’t owe people money. “Well, I’m going down the tube now, I can’t pay my debt.” But you shouldn’t have bought that motor car, you know that because you didn’t have enough money. We’ve got to stop blaming God when things don’t go well in our own lives. To contend with God is as ludicrous as an ant trying to argue with a bull elephant. You’re laughing, I’m not laughing. You know a bull elephant stands ten feet tall. It weighs up to ten tons. It lives to sixty years old. Don’t contend with a bull elephant when you are a mere ant!

You know that farmer, Job? Job 38:3-4. The Lord says to Job when he was complaining. Maybe like you and me:

”Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”

It’s ridiculous. How can we even question God?

I want to say to you today and it’s a serious message, stop playing the fool. Start getting serious with the Lord, start obeying His commandments and your life will go a lot easier. Stop contending with God! 

You and I are not in a position to start thumping the table. I’ve heard people say to me, ”When I get to Heaven one day, there’s a few questions I need to ask God.” Oh, my friend, you’ve got no idea about what you’re talking about. When you get to Heaven, you will not say one word when you see the glory of God. You will just worship Him!

Have a good day today and remember, don’t contend with God,
Goodbye.