The Grands Letter (Ps/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on June 12, 2026 5:43 am (CST)
Dear Grands,
Psalm 106:6-12, “Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
6 We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless, He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.
9 Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
10 So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.
12 Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.”
Man, by nature, is both stubborn and forgetful. The Israelites reflected this in their attitude. The LORD provided them with everything they needed; yet, they continued to sin! “Nevertheless, He saved them for the sake of His name.”
We rubber-stamp Israel in accepting the LORD’s gift, yet we refuse to live by His standards. We often fail to openly recognize Him as the Giver of the gifts, choosing to allow others to believe that His blessings were actually the result of our gifted initiative.
We would do well to recall the fate of others who failed to openly recognize and praise the LORD for His faithfulness. By the way, are you giving Him credit for what He is doing in your life? He is the only true Giver of good gifts that are eternal in nature. Think of that!
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
