The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 8:12-17, “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
13 “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.
14 “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
15 “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.
16 “By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.
17 “I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

When I think back over the years of my life, there is a very short list of people who have guided me with the wisdom of which Solomon speaks. Those are the ones I look forward to meeting when I get to Heaven. Were it not for their loving guidance, I could easily have slipped and slidden downward. My thoughts are that you have people like that in your life, too.

Wisdom makes its home with prudence. Prudence is care, caution, and good judgment. Knowledge squeezes itself in there, too, so that the one living in wisdom has everything he needs for honoring the LORD. At the same time, wisdom smothers pride and arrogance and everything that is evil. It even hammers closed the mouth that is tempted to express words and ideas that bring no smiles from the LORD. Wise and righteous counsel come from the LORD.

Power, too, resides in the LORD. It is He, who enables men to reign as nobles and kings. All who judge honestly are the ones He has chosen. The capstone of the LORD’s provisions is His love. He loves those who love Him; and those who love Him earnestly and diligently seek Him. Are you in that loving group? Do you not recognize that all that you possess: wisdom, knowledge, counsel, power, justice and love—all derive from the LORD?

Sometimes it is difficult to speak to those possess human importance. Everyone crowds around them, depriving us of contact. But it is not so with the LORD! He is always available to those who love and follow Him. He is never closer to you or me than when we study His Word and speak to Him in prayer. The practice of both produces wisdom when we do it to His honor and in His love.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom