Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read the king sent two charior horses to go and see if what the lepers had told him was true. They reported back to the king that it was and so the people went to spoil the tents. And the lord upon whose hand the king leaned was appointed charge of the gate and was trampled by the people. Elisha's prophecy came true. 2 Kings 7:14-20 "They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died."

In the Book of Mormon we're warned that any nation who upholds secret combinations to get power and gain will be destroyed. Ether 8: 22 "And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not."

A verse with a thought booklet warns us not to be swayed by sinners who try to entice us to sin. If we have friends who attempt to persuade us to do things we know are wrong, we need to be firm in our commitment to keep the commandments. And we need to rethink having these kinds of friends in the first place. Prov. 1: 10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."