The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 122:1-9, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD.’
2 Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem,
3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
4 To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD– an ordinance for Israel– to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For there thrones were set for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you.
7 May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.’
8 For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.”

Although all Scripture ultimately glorifies our LORD Jesus Christ (Yes, even Old Testament Scripture!), it accomplishes many other things, as well. Worship was certainly more subdued in biblical times. It was also quite personal. And there was also judgment in worship. In point of fact, were we today more given to true worship (?????? shachah, bowing down and giving thanks), we would doubtlessly encounter less judgment.

The focus of all genuine prayer is always the LORD! We need to thank Him for His multiple blessings! We need to confess our sins and plead with Him for mercy. It is not too much to say that our view of our own sin lacks the purity of genuine confession. Could that not be why we often discover the absence of His blessing upon our lives?

Verse 9 above should not be overlooked. Confession of sin is not only for us;
it is for the LORD our God. May He bring all of this to mind as we enter His
presence on His day. “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me,
bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His
benefits” (Psa. 103:1-2).

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