The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 24:16, 31 & 45, “But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him….

And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him….Then He opened

their minds to understand the Scriptures…”

Did you ever read something in the Bible that you didn’t quite understand?

We all have. But, later –maybe years later—we read the same passage

and this time we understood it clearly. The thought occurred to me that

the time for our understanding that particular passage had not yet come.

Other passages were so deep that we just couldn’t get our minds around

what they meant. Then one day it was like a light had come on and we

could see clearly things we couldn’t understand before. These three

verses show clearly that there is a time for understanding things and that

Jesus is the One who opens our minds to understand at the proper time.

Having said that, none of us are to be complacent with not understanding.

It’s not wrong for us to seek others’ thoughts on Scripture. Our pastor

only yesterday opened an area I had viewed many times, but this time he

broadened my understanding still further. Maybe I should have understood

the passage more completely; or, maybe yesterday was the LORD’s timing

for me to see it. Prayer is also vital to understanding Scripture! We should

always pray before we read, asking the LORD to “open our minds to

understand the Scriptures.” Scripture enlightens our minds. It also

convicts us of wrong in our lives, so that we can confess our sin to Christ.

This is how we “grow in grace.” God bless you as your read His Word!

Love and prayers always,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”