The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Exodus 14:26-31; 15:1-2, “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your
hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians,
over their chariots and their horsemen.’
27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its
normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the
LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even
Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of
them remained.
29 But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and
the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the
Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and
in His servant Moses.”

It’s one thing to have fear lifted and erased, but when there is a reversal of that
lifting and the fear returns, then what do we do? There’s hardly anything that we
find in the Bible, but that there is a likeness to our own life experiences.

Moses had led the Israelite nation out of Egypt, but Israel seemed to be cornered
when they discovered that the Egyptian army was racing furiously to capture them.
Things then got wrose when they were caught between the Egyptian army and
the Red Sea. Under the LORD’s leadership and power, Moses parted the waters
and ordered the Israelites to march forward on a dry sea bed. Yet, the LORD’s
instructions to Moses said nothing about the Egyptian forces that bore down upon
them.

Yet, the One who rules the seas was not asleep. As the Egyptians forged ahead,
determined to capture the Israelites, the LORD ordered the waters to close upon
the Egyptians, leaving Israel on the safe side of the Jordan River and the Egyptians
drowned and at the bottom of the Sea!

Would something as miraculous as this frighten you, if you were to observe it?
Would it then cause you to forever listen and observe the LORD’s directives?
Is the LORD continuing to perform miracles, or are we simply oblivious to His
miraculous doings? Or have we become so “comfortable” with the LORD’s miracles
that we’ve failed to notice what He performs on our behalf? Hopefully, our response
would be what it was for Moses—

“Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD,
and said, ‘I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The
horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.
2 ‘The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my
salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God,
and I will extol Him’” (Ex. 15:1-2).

Are you facing a crisis just now? Or are you anticipating a crisis that will certainly
affect you and your loved ones? Just turn quickly to the LORD. Lay your burden
before Him and leave it trustingly in His care. He will carry you through.

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