The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Samuel 25:38-39, “And about ten days later, it happened that the LORD

struck Nabal, and he died. 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said,

‘Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand

of Nabal, and has kept back His servant from evil. The LORD has also returned

the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.’”

Did you ever have the feeling that you had the right to do something,

but the LORD kept you from doing it? David felt exactly like that. He

and his men had protected the shepherds of Nabal from harm for some

time. Nabal was a very wealthy man and it seemed to David only right

that Nabal should feed the men who had protected his shepherds. But

Nabal was proud and selfish and stubborn and refused to give David’s

men anything! David then determined to kill Nabal and all his men.

But Nabal’s wife, Abigail, gave David and his men what they needed

and pleaded with David not to kill Nabal. David thanked the LORD

for Abigail’s intervention and the food and left off any thought of

taking Nabal’s life. David had been spared from doing wrong. Ten

days later, Nabal died at the LORD’s Hand!

Just think about this for a moment. The LORD didn’t need David or

his men to eliminate Nabal. He did it Himself. Sometimes we get

excited and rush ahead of the LORD. We do things that seem right,

but things we know in our hearts that are wrong. If someone needs

to be moved from his position of work or reprimanded for something

he’s done that is wrong, we just need to pray and wait on the LORD.

Nothing the LORD does is ever wrong! But “Fools rush in where angels

fear to tread.”

May the LORD guide you in all you do today,

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.”