The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Job 22:17-24, “They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
18 “Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The righteous see and are glad, and the innocent mock them,
20 Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off, and their abundance the fire has consumed.’
21 “Yield now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 “Please receive instruction from His mouth and establish His words in your heart.
23 “If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; if you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
24 And place your gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 Then the Almighty will be your gold and choice silver to you.
26 “For then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.”

It is virtually impossible for us to know precisely what was in the mind of those who originally spoke these words, or those who originally heard them. At the same time, the author reminded his hearers and us to “be at peace with Him,” enabling good things to come to us.

Like too many of olden days, we consider gold and silver as our benefit. Still, nothing counts like the dependence of His people upon Him! He knows what we don’t know; and He knows how those things we so want lie in wait to work against us.

The Scriptural challenge to us is to delight ourselves in the LORD alone!
Seek His Face, not His hand. We are not to worry about things of which we have little-to-no knowledge. We are not to concern ourselves about the things we do not understand. “Delight yourselves in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psa. 37:4).

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