Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament we read that Israel is commanded to flee from Babylon for it will be destroyed when the vengeance of the Lord comes upon it. Jer. 51: 6-11 "Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God. Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple."

In the D&C it says that if we are faithful, the Lord extends His arm and supports us against all the fiery darts of the adversary and be with us in every time of trouble. What a blessing and comfort this is! D&C 3: 8 "Yet you should have been faithful; and he would have extended his arm and supported you against all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he would have been with you in every time of trouble."

Going right along with this, some verses with a thought booklet tell us that God leads and guides us, just as He lead the Israelites with a cloud of smoke by day and a piller of fire by night. He provides a shadow from the heat, gives us refuge, and is a shelter during troubled times. Isa. 4: 5-6 "And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain."
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