The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Samuel 15:3, 9, “’Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has,

and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant,

ox and sheep, camel and donkey….’ But Saul and the people spared Agag and

the best of…all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly…”

There’s a silly joke about a man who had several cats. He also had several

holes in the wall for his cats to go in and out of his house. “Why do you

have so many holes in the wall?” a neighbor asked. The cats can all come

and go through the same hole.” The man replied, “’Cause when I say “SCAT,”

I mean SCAT!’”

King Saul would have done well to have heard that. In fact, he heard more.

The LORD said, “…strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has.” Saul

and his army did defeat Amalek, but he failed to “utterly destroy” him as

the LORD had directed. It was indeed Saul’s undoing. What was also bad,

was the fact that Saul lied to Samuel and put the blame on the people.

When we seek to transfer blame to others, we demonstrate our own guilt.

This past Sunday (yesterday), I heard one of the best messages on the

Sovereignty of God I have ever heard! We will not always understand

why He says what He does; but when we understand Who He is, we

know He is supreme and His commands are always right. Saul disobeyed,

and was replaced as King of Israel. God doesn’t need us, He simply gives

us the opportunity to so His will. If we fail, He will replace us with someone

who will be faithful. Only eternity will reveal how much blessing we miss

because we fail to follow Him faithfully.

God bless you all! We pray for you every, single day,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”