The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Nahum 1:7-12, “The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble,

And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

8 But with an overflowing flood, He will make a complete end of its site.

And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

9 Whatever you devise against the LORD,

He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

10 Like tangled thorns, and like those who are drunken with their drink,

they are consumed as stubble completely withered.

11 From you has gone forth one who plotted evil against the LORD, a wicked

counselor.”

12 Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many,

Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.

Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.”

Readings from World War Two reveal that the British people quite often took

refuge in underground shelters to protect themselves from Nazi bombing raids.

When the sirens sounded, they sheltered themselves time and time again.

This short passage of Nahum declares the LORD as a “stronghold in the day

of trouble.” We all face trouble from time to time – some more than others.

Yet, there is no one so protective as the LORD! “Distress,” He says, “will not

rise up twice.” Sometimes it becomes necessary for the LORD to afflict His

own people. You may already have experienced His discipline. Yet, while

it is not His desire; it is undoubtedly necessary to bring us into line with His

will. Nahum assures us that those who have risen up against us will ultimately

“be cut off and pass away.” Let me ask, “Is the LORD your stronghold?”

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