The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 30:24-28, “Four things are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

25 The ants are not a strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer;

26 The shephanim are not mighty people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27 The locusts have no king, yet all of them go out in ranks;

28 The lizard you may grasp with the hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.”

Have you ever encountered a man clothed in ragged blue jeans and a faded old shirt, but who owned a multi-million dollar enterprise? Well, whether or not you’ve met anyone like that, you surely know that “clothes don’t make the man.”

When a man has virtually everything, as Solomon did, it’s understandable that he would investigate the smaller, overlooked things in life. At first glance, it would appear that they are merely wandering insects or mammals doing virtually nothing worthwhile. But, when concentrating on them, we discover they are not just alive – they have purpose in what they’re doing! Yes, the LORD created them with and for a purpose.

The LORD created everything with purpose! You yourself are an intentional, meaningful creation of the LORD! There is purpose to your life – meaningful purpose! Yet, the tragedy is that life is often lived as if it had little to no purpose whatsoever.

The LORD said to Abram, “I have made you the father of a multitude of nations” (Gen. 17:5). To Moses, He said, “I have made you as God to Pharaoh” (Ex. 7:1). To Israel, He said, “I brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves” (Lev. 26:13). So has He made and ordered our lives that we might live for Him! Are we what He intended us to be? One day we will be called to account for how we lived? Are you ready?

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