Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that Daniel was brought before the king to tell him his dream and interpret it. Only through the help of God was he able to do this. Dan. 2: 25-30 "Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart."

In the D&C I read that without the ordinances and authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness cannot be manifest to men in the flesh. How very grateful we should all be that the priesthood of God was restored to the earth through Joseph Smith, so we can avail ourselves of the saving ordinances of the gospel. D&C 84: 21 "And without the ordinances thereof, and the authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the flesh;"

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us not to be weary in well doing because if we don't faint, we'll be rewarded in due time. This scripture has special meaning to me because it popped into my head at a time when I was feeling worn out and tired while trying to give service to someone else. Just being reminded to not be weary in well doing helped invigorate me and give me the strength to carry on. I learned another important thing from this experience as well. Sometimes after studying the scriptures I wonder how much I really retain and how much I actually remember. But this experience, and others I've had over the years, teaches me that very often, in the very hour I need it, scriptures I've previously studied will pop into my head and give me just what I need at that time. What we study will often come back to us right when we need it. But if we don't study daily and add to the reservoir of our knowledge, it won't be there to come back to us in our hour of need. Gal. 6: 9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

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