The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Chronicles 7:12-16, “Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

13 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,

14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

15 ‘Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

16 ‘For now, I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.’”

Solomon had completed the construction of the LORD’s House. The LORD had viewed His House; He then appeared to Solomon and blessed him with His promise for his solemn gift. Further, He offered this responsive promise that regardless of what might occur in the future to hinder or harm the life of the people, the LORD would be there to protect them all.

We should all know that the LORD loves us as much as He loved Solomon; thus, His promise is as fundamentally ours as it was Solomon’s. We, too, who have been born again in Christ are the LORD’s children. The “born again” factor is of utter necessity. Many actions of the LORD may fall incidentally upon people who do not know Him; but His blessings are reserved for those who have turned from sin and are resting in His promises of safety and blessing.

Want to be a recipient of the LORD’s blessings? Yield your heart and life to Him, and He will attend to the rest.

“Open my eyes that I may see Silently now, I wait for Thee;

Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; Ready, my God, Thy will to see;

Place in my hands the wonderful key Open my eyes, illumine me;

That shall unclasp and set me free. Spirit divine!”

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