The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Samuel 5:9-12, “So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
10 David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.
12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.”

Did anyone ever become important without knowing it? Probably not anyone you or I would know.
A lot of us think more of ourselves than we have become. David had a problem similar to this. Notice verse nine: “David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David.” He had to know where he lived and how he had come to live there. He even named the city after himself. Yet, David’s greatness increased because “the LORD God of hosts was with him.”

King Hiram was a friend of David and he provided men and material for building David’s house. It seemed then than David realized that the LORD “had established him as king over Israel.” This is the shepherd boy who challenged and defeated Goliath (1 Sam. 17); and almost before he knew it, he was King over all Israel!

It speaks well of us when the LORD uses us. It speaks better of us when He uses us and we hardly know it. It speaks best of us when the LORD uses us and we know and acknowledge that it is He who has done it all. Pride is a camouflaged deception. It’s a trap! It’s Satan’s chief weapon. Yet, it’s one of the psalmist’s consistent reminders: “The LORD has done great things for us; We are glad” (Ps. 126:3).

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