The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 37:4-11, “Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.
10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; and you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.
11 But the humble will inherit the land and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.”

Have you ever honestly felt the need for encouragement? Things just seem to go wrong and there’s no easy way to make them right. You could ask your best friends to help; but they face the same dilemmas you face. Where can we (oh, I’m in this, too!) find help?

Clearly, true and honest help begins when we delight outselves in
the LORD. I have never been one to allow discouragement. I do not mean that discouragement never steps on my welcome mat; what I mean is that I’m not easily discouraged.

But, in those few times when I am assailed with things that seek to bring me down, I look to the LORD and rest in His Word! I delight in Him, and I refuse to give in to discouragement! Of course, negative things have sought to drown me, just as they have you. Yet, the promises of His Word are that “evildoers will be cut off…, and the wicked…will be no more.”

How are we to realize the downfall of the wicked? It is by trusting the LORD without the slightest of doubt. Oh, yes, Satan will seek to discourage us; but our spiritual affiliation with the LORD Himself will utterly prevail. Trusting and resting in the LORD is the key. It may not appear so, but He is in control; and no one is able to stand against Him!

Earnest prayer and consistent daily Bible study “feed” the Holy Spirit’s presence in our lives. Just “trust in Him” and “He will give you the desires of your heart.” I will be praying for you! Please pray
for me, as well.

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