The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Isaiah 29:13-15, “Then the Lord said, ‘Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,
14 Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.
15 Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, and whose deeds are done in a dark place, and they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”’”

Spy novels are often exciting! They’re more exciting, however, when they’re real. Scheming people plan to do evil, while those against whom they are scheming are working to stop them.

The Scripture passage above is something like that –only it’s real and has consequences well beyond our wildest imagination. The LORD is witnessing the half-hearted reverence of His people, who are pretending to honor Him, but are just reciting old traditions that they have just memorized.

Did you ever try to hide something from your parents when you were a child? You thought you had “pulled one over them,” only to find that they knew more about what you were concealing that you did! Shucks! They were smarter than you thought. Well, get ready for this: God is smarter that you think, too!

There’s an old saying –I think it was an old commercial that said, “You can’t fool Mother Nature.” It could well have been lifted from our passage above. Remember what it said?

“Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, and whose deeds are done in a dark place. And they say, ‘Who sees us?’ or ‘Who knows us?’” But to ask the question is to answer it. The all-seeing eyes of the LORD behold it all. What do you reckon He thinks of your life? Are you prepared to meet Him?
We will all meet Him some day. Better get ready….

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom