Daily Thoughts

A verse from the Old Testament warns us to fear evil and depart from it. Only a fool is confident in the face of evil, or brags that he can withstand temptation. Instead of confidently standing our ground and thinking we can resist the wickedness surrounding us, we need to flee and get out of there! Prov. 14: 16 "A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident."

In the Book of Mormon I read about how the Nephites went to battle with the Lamanites with the strength of the Lord. However, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning theh Lord or His strengh, but depended on their own strength. They were a ferocious and blood-thirsty people who believed that the Nephites had wronged them because this was the tradition that had been passed on to them from their fathers. Mosiah 10: 10-12 "And it came to pass that we did go up to battle against the Lamanites; and I, even I, in my old age, did go up to battle against the Lamanites. And it came to pass that we did go up in the strength of the Lord to battle. Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord, nor the strength of the Lord, therefore they depended upon their own strength. Yet they were a strong people, as to the strength of men. They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, believing in the tradition of their fathers, which is this—Believing that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers, and that they were wronged in the wilderness by their brethren, and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;"

Some scriptures with a thought booklet warn us to prepare for the Lord's coming, for we don't know when it will be. If a homeowner knew what hour a thief would come, he'd watch and be prepared. We don't know what hour the Lord will come, but we need to watch and be prepared for whenever that is. Matt. 24: 42-44 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."