Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that Nebuchadnezzar burnt the house of the Lord and all the houses of Jerusalem with fire. 2 Kgs. 25: 8-9 "And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire."

In the D&C we're told not to be idle, for the idler should not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer. It's wrong to sit around doing nothing and expect other people to feed and clothe us. We need to be willing to work for what we receive. And by doing so we'll be happier and have more self respect. D&C 42: 42 "Thou shalt not be idle; for he that is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell about how the King put forth a decree that anyone who would put forth a petition to any god or man except the king for 30 days would be put into a den of lions. However, even after Daniel found out about this decree, it did not stop him from praying as usual and giving his thanks unto God. What courage he showed in the face of great danger. It was not afraid to do what was right, even with dire consequences. Of course the Lord did save him by shutting up the mouths of the lions so they didn't hurt him, but that doesn't change the fact that he was willing to do the right thing even if it meant possible death. How firm are we in our convictions and our willingness to do what is right? Dan. 6: 7-10 "All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did foretime."



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