Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that if we seek the Lord, He will hear us and deliver us fromall our fears. The Lord is good and will bless those who trust in Him. Ps. 34: 4, 8 "I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."

In the Book of Mormon I read Lehi's prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, the Savior of the world who would redeem mankind. 1 Ne. 10: 4-6 "Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews—even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world. And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world. Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer."

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell the story of the loaves and fishes. There was not anywhere near sufficient food to feed the multitude, but they gave what they had--had loaves and two fish--and the Lord multipled it so that it was more than enough. If we give all we have, even though it's not nearly enough, the Lord will multiply our efforts to make them sufficient and then some. We need to trust in the Lord. Matt. 14: 13-21 "When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children."