The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 139:1-6, “O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me.

2 Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up;

Thou dost understand my thought from afar.

3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down,

And art intimately acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold, O LORD , Thou dost know it all.

5 Thou hast enclosed me behind and before,

And laid Thy hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is too high, I cannot attain to it.”

It was Job’s friend, Zophar, who asked, “Can you discover the depths of God?

Can you discover the limits of the Almighty” (Job 11:7)? It was one of those

to-ask-it-is-to-answer-it questions. Now, in the next book (Psalms follows Job),

David answers Zophar’s question.

The LORD has fully investigated us all. He has a timeline of everything that we

have ever done; in fact, He was completely aware of what we were going to do

long before we ever did it or even thought about it. Furthermore, He understood

what we were going to say long before the words came from our mouths!

In a much lesser sense, but one I could never figure out, my mother had a

similar ability. She seemed to know where I was at any time of the day. To my

amazement, she knew what I was about to say before I said it. “Don’t say it!”

was her stern admonition. How could she know what I was going to say? She

had me pegged all the way. I couldn’t get away with anything!

Such abilities force us to consider that we could get caught, so we think through

our intended actions and weigh the consequences. We might get away with

something done against someone, but never against God! His ways are

incomprehensible! How then are we to know what He desires of us?

Let me suggest that a careful and consistent reading of the Bible will help immensely!

Just think how exciting it is for the LORD to see us behaving just as He knew we would!

What’s more, we don’t have to keep looking back to see if anyone is watching.

Even our prayers for you were known before they were offered.

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”