The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 2:13, “…‘I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.’ And again, ‘BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.’”

The dictionary describes the word “trust” as the “reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, and reliability of a person or thing…” In other words, it is one’s faithful trust in the ability and/or reliability of another person, place or thing, to accomplish a given task.

Although the word “trust” is mentioned but once in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is quite evident that the author (whom I believe to be the Apostle Paul) expressly and carefully places the care and trust of himself into the Hands the LORD. Surely, if he can commit himself securely to the LORD, so can we.

By contrast, the word “worry” (?????? daag in Hebrew) is mentioned only once (Isaiah 57:11), while ???????? (merimnao), a Greek word), is mentioned some 19 times, perhaps suggesting that the unsaved Greeks might have had greater hesitancy than the Greek and Roman Christians.

Although to my knowledge, neither of my parents had any familiarity with foreign languages, I can and do recall a neighbor saying with regard to “worry”: “Don’t tell me it doesn’t pay to worry! Nothing I ever worried about ever happened!”

With all due respect to those who read the Scriptures only in English, I do suggest that worry is a negative word that translates as: “not trusting God.” Thus, I most heartily urge that you trust Him implicitly!

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