The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Colossians 3:23-25, “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men;

24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

25 For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.

A good teacher never leaves anything unsaid. Paul was an excellent teacher; he taught us in earlier verses to do

everything well and in the name of the LORD Jesus, always giving thanks through Him to God the Father. He then launched into instructions for Christian wives, husbands, children, and servants, concluding with how believers are to characterize their work.

What kind of work we do really doesn’t matter. It can be exceedingly difficult and take days or so utterly simple that can be concluded in a few short moments. What matters is that we do it “heartily,” putting forth our best effort as if it were being done for the LORD –because it is! Just think: if companies that never before made ventilators can transform their assembly lines to enable them to turn out thousands per day, they should realize the LORD was in it!

We can readily assume that such companies are being well paid to make that transformation and produce those ventilators. That only seems right; however, if they produced them “as for the LORD,” they will receive an added reward from Him. God is no man’s debtor. If, however, the owners do it only for the money, they will “receive the consequences of the wrong” they have done. Company stock may drop and blame will be placed on something else; however, the LORD will have reduced their profits because they were in it for the money instead of doing it as unto Him. “He who does wrong,” it says, “will receive the consequences of the wrong…” God does not play favorites!

The big question is: Are we doing everything we do for the LORD? And are we doing it heartily? Think about that! The stakes are exceedingly high!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”