The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Samuel 17:45-46, “Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword,

a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of

the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. This day the LORD will deliver you up into

my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the

dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild

beasts of the Earth, that all the Earth may know that there is a God in Israel…’”

There may not be a more courageous account in all of the Old Testament

than that of David and Goliath. David was at the battle site because his

father had sent him. His oldest brother berated him in front of the soldiers,

still he did not retreat. He was also young and not trained or seasoned as

as warrior. Still, having been anointed as the future King of Israel, the LORD

instilled in him a love for and a trust in the LORD Himself. Youth is often

fearless, when age produces caution. But, was this David’s fight? He believed

it was. The honor of the Name of the LORD was at stake. Nothing else mattered.

Think of how the LORD has anointed (saved) us and sent us into the battle.

Fear cannot overwhelm us if we keep our thoughts on Him! It never occurred

to David that he might not win. Negative thoughts were drowned in the deep

waters of faith! Never question whether you can do a thing. If it’s honest and

truthful and worthy of the LORD, just do it!! Sometimes it may even appear that

you have failed; but what is done in the LORD’s Name and for His glory never fails!

The battle is always the LORD’s!

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”