The Grands Letter (Joel/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on June 21, 2023 6:48 am (CST)Dear Grands,
Joel 1:13-16, “Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16 Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God?”
We looked into Joel some weeks ago; still, the Word of God never changes. Circumstances that affect our human lives do change.
As of this writing, an underwater miniature submarine is lost in the
North Atlantic somewhat near to where the great British luxury liner Titanic sank back in 1912. Reports are that the little sub has only sufficient oxygen onboard to last until mid-day Thursday.
Needless to say, those onboard (including a young boy) had not the slightest thought of danger when they boarded the sub. They
were going to view the ruins of the Titanic. Now, the Coast Guard units from several nations search furiously for them!
We never know what a day may bring forth. It was the same with the prophet Joel. “What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; and what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten (Joel 1:4). Will anyone survive this
devastation?
My prayer has been that those underwater sightseekers will be saved –but that they will realize that life is more than excitement; more than the thousands of dollars it costs to view an 111-year-old
ruin that took 1500 lives! Life is delicate; it’s a gift from the LORD!
Its only assurance lies in its yieldedness to Him who gave it. Have
your yielded your life to Him? Death exists above the waves, too.
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
