The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 15:2-3, “And Abram said, ‘O Lord God, what wilt Thou give me, since I am

childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’

3 And Abram said, ‘Since Thou hast given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my

heir.’” Genesis 16:1-3, “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an

Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

2 So Sarai said to Abram, ‘Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing

children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children through her.’ And

Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took

Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.”

There are two kinds of people on Earth: those who are spiritually active and those who are not. The inactive people never listen to God; thus, they produce relatively nothing. The active people are also of two kinds: those who understand the LORD and follow at His pace, and those who also understand, but often run ahead of the LORD in the effort to get done what He wills and commands.

The LORD had rescued Abram from the pagan land of Ur. He followed the LORD faithfully, but longed for a son, who would be his heir. The LORD promised him a son, who would be his heir. Ten years went by and both Abram and his wife, Sarai, became concerned as they were both growing older and had not had a son. They then decided to help the LORD with the birth of a child. Sarai gave Hagar, her maid, to Abram as a wife, and she bore Abram a son. The problem is Ishmael was not the LORD’s choice.

Have you ever run ahead of the LORD’s will? You have prayed for Him to show you what He willed for your life, but He has yet to reveal His will to you. What do you do? The short answer is: you wait! Failing to wait on the LORD is often disastrous; and even if it doesn’t prove to be so, you don’t advance the purpose of God for your life by racing ahead.

I recall quite vividly the time when a close friend and I were engaged in revival activity in a

small Missouri church. We had a good meeting, and the church had a wonderful plan for us that pure and simply thrilled us! Yes, of course, we prayed about whether it was the LORD’s will, but raced ahead in our planning, as if it were— It was not. Disappointment settled in upon us like a heavy fog, until we learned that all activity in our lives was to be Spirit-directed, and that included timing.

If you have truly trusted in the LORD Jesus Christ as your Savior, you must trust His will and timing for every event that occurs in your life. He doesn’t need our help. He only needs our love and faith in Him and His plans for our lives. “Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass” (1 Thess. 5:24).

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.”