The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Joshua 10:12-14, “Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, ‘O sun, stand still at Gibeon, and O moon in the valley of Aijalon.’
13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the book of Jashar (Joshua) ? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
14 There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.”

Apart from the LORD Himself, it is probable that no man in all of human history witnessed more of the LORD’s miracles than Joshua. It is not merely that Joshua lived at the time of the LORD’s miracles, it is, rather, that his spiritual dedication to the LORD permitted him to witness them.

I’ve heard some people say, “Well, we could have witnessed what Joshua witnessed, if we had lived at the time that Joshua lived. But, it was more than “when” Joshua lived, it was “how” Joshua lived that attracted the LORD. We miss so much today, in large part because we lack the spiritual trust in what the LORD can do.

At the time I was pastoring in the Saint Louis area, we were still printing church bulletins on the mimeograph machine. Computers were just beginning to be used in places like McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft. Two Christian men at McDonnell-Douglas searched the computer and discoved the very day where the sun stood still while Moses’ hands were raised. The LORD is indeed the sole Ruler over the Universe.

“…the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, ‘The Lord knows those who are His,’ and, ‘Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness’” (2 Tim. 2:19). Our abstinence from sin is, therefore, is an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ as our LORD and Savior. May it ever and always be so!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

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