The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Numbers 11:21-29, “It was Moses said, ‘The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, “I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.”’
22Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?
23 The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”
24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent.
25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp.
27 So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”
29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD’S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”

The young boy was going to camp. His father was thrilled for his son, as he remembered his own youthful days in camp and the spiritual commitments he made in his own life. One thing he needed, however, his father had not purchased for him.
“Don’t worry,” the father said, “I will get what you need and I’ll get it
to the camp in plenty of time.”

These two accounts are not in exact parallel. Moses was worried that the LORD might not provide sufficient food for the 600,000 people, as He had promised. The boy was concerned that what he needed his father would not provide ontime. Spiritual provisions are always superior to the physical. At the same time, when the LORD promises to provide, we ought never to doubt it. His love for us is infinitely superior to our love for those in our families. His Word says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6).

Is the LORD’s promise sufficient for you? It certainly is; and it ought to be so recognized!

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