The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 11:1-7, “Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

2 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

3 They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

4 They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower, whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; otherwise, we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

6 The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

7 “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Language can indeed be beautiful. It can also be quite beneficial. It often, however, becomes a trap that leads to grave difficulties. Whether these people in the text above were intending to engage in open rebellion against God, or whether they were simply ignoring Him altogether, may be open to question. In any event, what they did was wrong!

We often fall into traps by simply not thinking through a situation before engaging in it. We need to remember that old oft-suggested question: “What would Jesus do?” There is no indication in the Scripture above that any thought was given to what the LORD wanted, or what He might think of what they were doing. He was not in their thinking at all! That was their primary problem.

Just stop and consider how many things we all do without thinking: “What would Jesus do?” How will what we’re about to do or say reflect upon Him? We want Him as Savior, but omit Him as Lord! There is a significant difference. If He is our Savior, He must also be trusted as our Lord!

Heartily in Christ,

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