Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that we should look unto the Lord and wait for Him, and He will hear us. When we fall, the Lord will lift us and when we sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to us. When we sin against the Lord, we must bear His indignation. But if we repent, He will plead our cause and bring us forth to the light so that we can again behold His righteousness. Micah 7: 7-9 "Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness."

In the D&C I read that William Law was commanded to preach the gospel to various cities with joy and as moved upon by the Spirit, and then he was to wait patiently and diligently for further instructions which he would receive at general conference. The Lord doesn't always tell us everything at once that He wants us to do. Sometimes He'll give us some instructions and we need to proceed with that, and then He'll give us further instructions after we've completed that first assignment. Line upon line, precept on precept. D&C 124: 88 "Let my servant William go and proclaim my everlasting gospel with a loud voice, and with great joy, as he shall be moved upon by my Spirit, unto the inhabitants of Warsaw, and also unto the inhabitants of Carthage, and also unto the inhabitants of Burlington, and also unto the inhabitants of Madison, and await patiently and diligently for further instructions at my general conference, saith the Lord."

In some scriptures with a thought booklet I read about how Saul enquired of the witch of En-dor for revelation. He had tried getting direction from the Lord, but due to his iniquity, the Lord wasn't speaking to him. So in his desperation and fear of what the Philistines would do to him, he turned to other sources. Not a good idea! We should seek guidance and revelation from the Lord, not from other things. Maybe it might be tempting to seek direction from mediums, fortune tellers, or horoscopes, but the only trustworthy source of advise is from the Lord. 1 Sam. 28: 5-8 "And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee."



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