The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Kings 18:1-8, “Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3 He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.
4 He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan (the name of Moses’ bronze serpent). He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.
6 For he clung to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.
7 And the LORD was with him; wherever he went he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.”

The Scriptures are literally filled, almost to overflowing, with those who served the LORD and were blessed, along with those who served themselves and were punished! Once again I will quote the truism: “You can’t do wrong and get by!”

Hezekiah (mentioned in verse one) was only 25 years old when he became king.
“He did right in the sight of the LORD,” as he followed the pattern of his father David. Note well that 25 is the minimum age required for one to serve in the Congress of the United States (U. S. Constitution – Art. 1, Sect. 2). It’s one thing to know what is right, quite another to do what we know to be right. Perhaps we’ve failed to note the difference between “knowing” and “doing.”

Yet, even if we do right in the sight of the LORD, we must believe that He will bless what we do because we’re honoring Him in the doing. It is my firm belief that the LORD will bless the United States if we honorably support Israel in her warfare with nations set to thoroughly destroy her!

According to the passage before us, we can count on the blessings of the LORD only when we’re trusting in Him! It’s not an age-factor; it’s a belief-factor. At my age, my life is encumbered with far more things than when I was a child. Oh, I worried as a child, but about things like whether our ball game would be delaid, as clouds were gathering for what looked like rain. Big stuff, it was to a kild.

Today, I look at our nation’s leadership and those ball games don’t seem to be that important. Even adults suffer from that syndrome. We concern ourselves with “things” that (as my grandmother used to say) “…don’t amount to a hill of beans.” Truth be told, we had better get right with the LORD or we may lose our nation.

It all begins with you and me. I pray for our nation and her leaders. But, I pray for myself, too, not being willing to align myself with those who seem without care for what happens to our nation. Currently, we have some truly Christian leaders in our Congress. They need our prayers. But, we’re in no position to pray for them until we are straight with the LORD ourselves. Do you know Him? You’re not the help our nation needs, until you yield totally in faith to Him.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need
until He becomes all that we have.”
– Corrie ten Boom