The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 63:1-4, “O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly;

My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

2 Thus I have beheld Thee in the sanctuary, To see Thy power and Thy glory.

3 Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise Thee.

4 So I will bless Thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Thy name.”

How many times have you felt lost? With clear directions from a well-intentioned friend,

I have, nevertheless, lost my way with no one to give me guidance. It’s a ghastly feeling

being lost in a foreign country without the knowledge of a single word of the local language.

What do we do in such circumstances?

David was in dire need of direction. “O God,” he cries, “You are my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly.”

Oh, how I know that feeling! –that sense of lost-ness, not know where I am or how my life is to get

back on track. We must always turn to the LORD. Interestingly, those who do not know the LORD,

also cry out to Him for guidance when the shadows of distress thicken around them. Yet, He is not

responsible to assist those who are not His own.

David, however, had an advantage. He had beheld the LORD in His house. He had previously

seen the LORD’s power and glory, and the remembrance of those times now gave him hope.

He knows the LORD loves him and will not suffer him to remain lost and in need. So, he does

as he had doubtlessly done multiple times: he praises the LORD! And in the midst of his praise,

the confidence he longed for blossomed into help.

We face troubles, problems, difficulties of every kind every day. Some are well beyond our capability

of understanding. Yet, “man’s difficulties become God’s opportunities.” The one who can praise the

LORD for helping before His help has come, are demonstrating faith that the LORD can and will

come to our rescue. And “without faith, it is impossible to please Him” (Heb 11:6).

Trust in the LORD with all thy might,

Lean not to thine own understanding;

In all thy ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct thy paths (Pro. 3:5-6).

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

P. S. Please pray for my dear friend, George Galieh, who lies in Liverpool Hospital in Sydney.

Remember, too, his faithful wife, Rita, who longs for his recuperation.

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.”