The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Deuteronomy 8:11-18, “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;
12 otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,
14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
15 “He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.
16 “In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.
17 “Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’
18 “But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”

With all the provisions and protection we are promised in the Scriptures, we are nevertheless warned against becoming proud and forgetting the good Hand of God that has provided it all.

To our discredit, we are forced to admit that when good things come our way, we either credit ourselves with their procurement or grant that “luck” has “smiled upon us.” Rarely, do we acknowledge the LORD for such provisions.

Throughout the Scriptures, we are taught that all good things come to us via the benevolent Hand of God. Do we trust Him? Do we really believe Him? Is He really, truly resident in the Heaven as supported by the Scriptures? If we truly believe in Him, why do we so often behave otherwise?

“Put on your thinking cap,” my mother used to say. Quit listening to those who boast of their doubts! “Doubt,” by definition says, “I don’t know.” So, why would anyone listen to those who admit to possessing no knowledge of spiritual things? Who is truly the less dependable?

There are 291 verses in both the Old and New Testaments that attest and support the concept of “belief.” True believers need only one.

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