The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 1:1-6, “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand
in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its
leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”

It is heart-warming to read something that commences with a blessing of warmth. There is so much corruption that makes its way to the front pages of our information systems today. I understand the controversy that is raging over the down-taking of DIRECT-TV; but apart from the right to know, don’t we already have enough available news? Knowing too much of what’s going on is like walking “in the counsel of the wicked,” is it not?

We should be delighting in the Law of the LORD! His Word provides us with peace and joy! The psalmist calls it a “delight.” Thus, we are instructed to fill our hearts and minds with delightful things! To do otherwise is like drinking sour milk. Ooo!

Yet, when we abide in glorious and refreshing places, it’s like eating luscious “fruit in its season.” And it’s that fruit that gives us the strength to “prosper” with just about as many things as you can name.

The contrast between the “blessed” and the “wicked” could hardly be greater. The wicked are like the “chaff which the wind drives away.” They are evil people who neglect even the knowledge the LORD has granted them. And for that negligence, they will one day be divinely judged. They will be accused, but not able to “stand” in that day. Their way is wicked, and the wicked will surely perish. There will be but One Judge and Jury in that day –the very One they neglected to follow.

Join me in urging those without Christ to listen carefully to His Word today. Elsewhere the psalmist says, “Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your heart” (Ps. 95:7-8). May it be that we will not only hear His Voice, but carefully obey it, as we see the nearing of THE DAY of His Coming!

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