The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Numbers 33:51-56, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;

53 and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

54 ‘You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

55 ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

56 ‘And as I plan to do to them, so I will do to you.'”

When was the last time someone gave you something quite special? Whenever and whatever it was, more than likely, it was also given to you with a stated provision. “This belonged to someone very dear to me. He gave it to me, and now I am giving it to you. In time, you will want to give it to someone as precious to you as you are to me.”

Something similar to this statement from the LORD accompanied His bequeathing of the land to Israel. At the same time, Israel was required to eradicate the occupants of the land. Failure to drive out the current inhabitants would allow them to “become as pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides.”

Has the LORD never said something similar to you? I’m confident He has said something like that to me. We’re to be faithful in passing on to others the gift the LORD has given to us; however, we must be as certain as possible that what we have passed on to others is held and utilized as preciously as possible. It must forever honor and glorify the LORD Himself. TO GOD EVER AND ALWAYS BE THE GLORY! GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!

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