The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 3:19-26, “The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding He established the heavens.
20 By His knowledge the deeps were broken up and the skies drip with dew.
21 My son, let them not vanish from your sight; keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22 So they will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
23 Then you will walk in your way securely and your foot will not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25 Do not be afraid of sudden fear nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;
26 For the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.”

Oh, the wisdom of the wise! This same wise man…this Solomon…wrote a corresponding word in Ecclesiastes 7:25. It reads…

“I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek
wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly
and the foolishness of madness.”

Interestingly enough, he informs us how to grasp those items that seem always to be conspicuously “out of reach.” What we want so hungrily, seems always out of reach. Take wisdom, that mysterious word by which the LORD created the heavens and the earth – the substance of that word seems so heavily covered, that it is never to be clearly understood.

But, His Word clearly possesses meaning; otherwise, there is no meaning to the words: “The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way…” (Prov. 14:8).

Wisdom and knowledge are not interchangeable. They do not mean the same thing. The observation of a “cold stare” surely means that the one who heard what was said, did so without the slightest understanding of its meaning. Wisdom could possibly have been to conceal the matter altogether.

We will never understand completely all the LORD has said until we reside with Him in Paradise. There the LORD will be our confidence and will “keep our feet from being caught.” Then and there alone will we understand Him; and following a thousand years, it will take an eternity for us to understand.

In the meantime, let us accept in entirety His Word, with the confidence that
one day we will understand it all and will praise Him all the more!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas
United States of America

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