Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how Elisha promised a son to a Shunammanite woman and she conceives and bears a son. However, her son later dies. Elisha comes and raises the child from the dead. 2 Kings 4: 14-20, 32-37; "And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt mbrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out."

In the Book of Mormon I read a verse that tells us that the eternal purposes of God will roll on until all His promises have been fulfilled. When God promises something, we can absolutely trust that He will keep His word! Morm. 8: 22 "For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled."

Some verses with a thought booklet ask a question: If some people don't believe, does that make the faith of God of no effect? Absolutely not! God is always true, even if every man is a liar. There will always be doubters and people who have no faith, but that doesn't need to effect our faith in God. Rom. 3: 3-4 "For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."