The Grands Letter (Deut/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on September 26, 2024 6:18 am (CST)Dear Grands,
Deuteronomy 9:23-26, “When the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God; you neither believed Him nor listened to His voice.
24 “You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day I knew you.
25 “So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and nights, which I did because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
26 “I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.”
Oh, the problems we face when we don’t listen to the LORD! Read again verses 23-24. Failure to obey the the directives of the LORD is bound to bring about difficulties for ourselves, those of our own households, even our nation! It’s so easy blame our situations on someone else, yet His Word says, “You have been rebellious against the LORD…”
Moses took the counsel of the LORD very seriously! The remedy for most (if not all) of our problems is for us to get right with God! I sometimes receive email from long-time friends, asking: “What am I do do about my situation?” I know no better solution to any situation than what we read in verses 25-26 above. We know the LORD possesses the answer to every problem. It’s just that He will not allow our puny, two-minute prayers to terminate some serious situation in which He is involved!
When a loved one is encountering life-threatening surgery, we certainly don’t want the surgeon to relinquish his work just to answer some irrelevant question! We want him to “stay the course!” So should it be with us toward the LORD: “Trust and obey and stay out of His way!” Just be faithful. Stay the course! Stay in the Word! This is His world – His creation! He will always do that which is right; and He will always be on time! Worry is the primary tool of the enemy! Yet, it’s effective only when we allow it to be.
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
