The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Kings 18:1-6, “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.
5 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.”

How old is “old”? Some men are competent to lead others at the age of twenty-five; some are not competent in just about anything at that age. It really amounts to the “worth and ability” that exist within the man, does it not?

Hezekiah was evidently more spiritually active than his father, Ahaz. How we know is that Hezekiah tore down and burned all the idols his father had allowed to remain. Pretty good spiritual sense, I would say, and for a 25-year-old king!

Hezekiah trusted in the LORD. He clung to the LORD. Where are we in comparison with Hezekiah, who kept the commandments the LORD had commanded Moses?

We demonstrate our problems today when we seek to follow the LORD without divesting the wrongful activies that ought to have long before been erased.

Further, Hezekiah “did right in the sight of the LORD” by removing “the high places and cutting down Asherah.”
Have we destroyed the “Asherah” in our lives? We live in a desperate hour. The pattern of Hezekiah lies before us. We dare not fail!

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