The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Micah 7:2-8, “The godly person has perished from the land, and there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each of them hunts the other with a net.

3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, and a great man speaks the desire of his soul; so they weave it together.

4 The best of them is like a briar, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, your punishment will come. Then their confusion will occur.

5 Do not trust in a neighbor; do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom guard your lips.

6 For son treats father contemptuously, daughter rises up against her mother, daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.”

What the prophet Micah writes reads like today’s newspaper; namely, that those who are law-abiding are fewer in number than those who delight in breaking the law. What’s more, many who are elected and employed to put down crime are often behind doing what they were elected to erase.

Micah, however, is determined to resist the evil that surrounds him. Furthermore, his ultimate resistance lies squarely on the LORD. That is precisely where our resistance should originate. We should pray earnestly for those who are elected to protect us. We should support them by resisting cooperation with even the evil that seeks to affect us.

The LORD’s Word says, “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” (Proverbs 3:5-6). May He enable us all to love Him and resist all evil.

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