The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 12:4-8, “So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.
8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD.

Make no mistake about it, we’re never too old to serve the LORD! Still, age is not the primary factor. What is of supreme importance is that 1) the LORD spoke to Abram; and 2) that Abram obeyed the instructions of the LORD to the letter! The LORD had led Abram and his family to the land of Canaan.

When the LORD saw that Abram was strictly obedient regarding His instructions, He gave the land as an inheritance to Abram and his descendants. It was then that Abram responded by building an altar to the LORD. Thereafter, Abram prayed incessantly to the LORD and obeyed His commands.

Does this sound terribly difficult to you? It doesn’t sound that way to me, either. So then, why are you and I (note that I am including myself here) not more dedicated to Him and more obedient to His command? Surely, we don’t think we can do better on our own…or that there is some error in the LORD’s directives! Perhaps, it’s because we assess our way better or easier or just more productive than His.

For shame! We would not be in the land of our birth were it not for His will and directive. Nothing at our hand would be productive in the course of His work, were it not for His leadership!

“Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart”
(Ps. 37:3-4).

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