The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Job 21:1-9, “Then Job answered,
2 “Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your way of consolation.
3 “Bear with me that I may speak; then after I have spoken, you may mock.
4 “As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
5 “Look at me, and be astonished, and put your hand over your mouth.
6 “Even when I remember, I am disturbed, and horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 “Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful?
8 “Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their
offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses are safe from fear, and the rod of God is not on them.”

The questions that Job puts to his friends is much like what men say today:
Things are beyond wisdom. Those who oppose us lay hold on victory, while
we wonder who will be victorious in the end. Sometimes we find ourselves
asking, “Why do the wicked still live…?” Suffering is abundant in the life of
the righteous, while the ungodly appear to be winning. Why is this so? What
can we do to reverse life’s situation?

Have we not speculated on such factors in life, as we know it today? There
are those who are trustworthy that seem to be covered in frustration. Those
who are not trustworthy seem to have the edge. What the psalmist said can
be repeated here: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous
do?” (Psa. 11:3).

We must dedicate our lives, and the time the LORD has granted us, to reach-
ing those who do not know the LORD. Yes, time is quickly slipping away; we
have little time to accomplish that which the LORD has commissioned us to
do. Yet, He has well equipped us with His Word! He has given us strength
and knowledge. We know what to do; and time is running out!

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