The Grands Letter (Exo/GLJ)

Dear Grands,

Exodus 2:23-25, “Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.

24 So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25 God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice of them.”

It was in the early days of my formal education that I learned that I needed help. In the first grade, I needed help learning to read. In the second grade, I needed help learning to write. In the third grade, I needed help learning multiplication tables. When I failed to negotiate my bicycle properly, I needed help to stop the bleeding and a dentist to save some of my teeth.

Virtually everything in life requires our need for help. Israel needed help when the nation was in bondage. It’s not always a sign of weakness; we often encounter something that is beyond our experience. Circumstances rush upon us at every stage of life. It’s important that we learn in order that we might serve others. For those whom we serve will ultimately be called upon to serve others, as well.

If our reading in Exodus takes us beyond the second chapter, we soon discover that Moses needed the appearance of a burning bush (Ex. 3:2), and further still, the instruction of an angel (3:4). Moses himself later became a great teacher, leading Israel across the Red Sea, through the wilderness, and all the way to the Promised Land. He taught Israel as he learned from God.

Is not Moses’ example a clear signal to us? We learn from Scripture in order that we might teach others. What has He taught you recently? Have you found an occasion to share with others what you have learned from Him? We’re not to be “bossy,” we’re to be observant and helpful to others. What’s the value of learning if we fail to share with others what we have learned? Someone’s calling and needs your help today.

Heartily yours in Christ Jesus,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need

Until He becomes all that we have.”

–Corrie ten Boom