The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Kings 9:1-7, “Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do. 2 that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The LORD said to him, ‘I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.’ 4 “As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, 5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.’”

The LORD’s promises to us are much like the one to Solomon. If we live as He wants us to live, we can be assured of His blessing. If we fail to live as He wills, we will suffer loss. Are we submitting ourselves to Him, as He demands, or are we ignoring His demands upon our lives? There is no doubt that He will deal with us much as He promised Solomon. Dare we take the chance? I pray we will choose to follow Him.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas,

United States of America

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