The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Micah 7:2-7, “The godly person has perished from the land, and there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each of them hunts the other with a net.
3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, and a great man speaks the desire of his soul; so they weave it together.
4 The best of them is like a briar, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, your punishment will come. Then their confusion will occur.
5 Do not trust in a neighbor; do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom guard your lips.
6 For son treats father contemptuously, daughter rises up against her mother, daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.”

The careful reader will read and re-read these six short verses, which speak of the turbulence of Micah’s time; yet, they also strangely resemble our time, too. Those who were godly have either escaped or perished. They are no longer within the land.

The same is also true of those who are responsible to uphold the law. Crime and corruption have reached the highest levels of our “legal authorities.” Those who work
in the “high places” of the nation (judges, lawyers) –those responsible for maintaining law and order– exhibit instead the very corruption, which it is their responsibility to erase.

Husbands and wives are not trustworthy. Homes suffer destruction as parents fail
to rear their children in the “strength and power of the LORD.” Do we not live in such
a time as this Scripture describes?

Godly and dedicated parents swim against the current of corruption, often failing to
rear their own children in the way of the LORD. They fight valiantly against the current of corrupt morality only to lose the very children for whom they fought! They
and we work valiantly against the rising tides of corruption! Our confidence awaits
the salvation of God. For it is He who arises to the hour bringing salvation! He is for us; whatever now, can we fear?

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