The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ezra 7:1, 6, “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah….
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.”

There is infinitely more to this account in Ezra than we are able to garner in this brief notation. Ezra, as noted above, was a scribe in the Law of Moses. He possessed what we today would label as a legal expert – one who had graduated from one of the world’s more prestigious Schools of Law. His abilities were second to none, largely (I suppose) because he trusted the LORD and followed Him in the application of what the LORD required. Thus, “…the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.”

What we, in the United States, have only recently experienced, this writer views as one whom “the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.” It was indeed a unique experience for the recipient –a welcome intrusion into a realm
that boasts only of those who are divinely appointed to a specific, albeit gargantuan, task!

As the ultimate value of Moses’ task rested securely in the sure Hands of the Almighty, so the ultimate value of the LORD’s beneficence is bestowed upon His Nation in what might be the terminal days of all human history. No man, who attends to the business of the LORD, attends alone! For one, who finds himself ensconced behind a nation’s desk, soon discovers he is seated on the lap of no less than Almighty God Himself!

Now, the nation’s and the world’s dependency rests solely upon the One, who once surrendered His Life for those who trust Him and dare to be called “Christians.” as the doors close on the final hours of human history.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He
will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6).

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

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

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