Archive for October 6th, 2025


Dear Grands,

2 Samuel 5:6-10, “David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.

8 David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore, they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”

9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.

10 David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.”

Just moments ago, I heard the late Charlie Kirk speak to a group of college-aged citizens. Yes, he was and is an excellent communicator! Yet, the content of his message to the huge audience awakened in me somewhat of the courage of King David.

David was but 30 years old when he became king, and it was then that he and his men went to Jerusalem and opposed the Jebusites. “David cannot enter here,” they cried. Yet, David entered the city and captured the Jebusites’ stronghold. As a result, “David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.”

How often do we see wrong being done – things that are clearly in opposition to the LORD; yet we turn aside because we just don’t want to become involved! “It’s not my business,” we say. Yet, what would we think if we were being attacked in some manner? Should we not ask ourselves, “Why are we in this situation? Is there no one to help us?”

It was Edmund Burke, an 18th-century British philosopher, who said, “All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” What does the LORD have for us to do today…this week? Verse 10 above says, “David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.” If we truly know the LORD, He will give us opportunities to speak on His behalf. He will put the very words in our hearts and mouths, just as He did with David. May the LORD give us courage as we venture to be His messengers of truth and of love!

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need

Until He becomes all that we have.” — Corrie ten Boom

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