The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Kings 3:7-10, “Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
8 “Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
9 “So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
10 It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.”

The stature of the LORD is far above the mightiest of His creation. David, despite his human frailties, sought earnestly to serve the LORD. Solomon, David’s son, notwithstanding his own human frailties, honored the LORD and ruled well His people.

The LORD then honored Solomon and bestowed upon him wisdom that exceeded the wisdom of all other men. To this day we honor Solomon for his wisdom. Yet, his desire
was to possess an understanding heart and “to discern between good and evil.”

Undoubtedly, Solomon exhibited the desire of the LORD when he said, “How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who watches his way preserves his life” (Prov. 16:16-17). Further, Solomon said, “It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud” (Prov. 16:19).

So much of Solomon’s teachings are avoided today! Those who would be leaders at any
level of human government would do well to study the Proverbs of Solomon. They are time-
tested truths that work well at any and all levels of human society. How desperately we
need their wisdom today!

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