The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 40:1-8, “I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the LORD.

4 How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, they would be too numerous to count.

6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; my ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”

Don’t you just love David’s sweet spirit in this Psalm! Patience is indeed a virtue – something that is missing in many of us (this writer included). Yet, even when it seems that time is passing at a snail’s pace, we know that He has heard our prayers and will answer in the appropriate time.

In the meantime, however, we have a song to sing – a joyous song, one that He has provided for sheer pleasure while we wait. On the human level, songs don’t always appease us. We want what we want and we want it now! Still, waiting promotes trust in the LORD who provides. I can recall my grandmother making a pie. Yum, they were good! I could hardly wait! Yet, as I took my first bite, I forgot how long I had waited. It was now timeless, and worth it all. Those were the days!

It’s the same in the spiritual realm. What He has prepared for us is more than worth the wait. Our humanness too often overtakes our spiritual sensitivity. What we want and need seem never to come. Yet, they do! And with their coming is the delight we never ever imagined!

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