Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that men are judged for their works. If they are righteous, they'll receive a wonderful reward and be raised to happiness in the Kingdom of God.  But if they rebelled and chose wickedness, they will receive an evil reward.  Whoever walks in the way of the Lord will be saved.  Alma 41:3-7 "And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto that which is good. And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil. Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every thing to its natural frame—mortality raised to immortality, corruption to incorruption—raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one on one hand, the other on the other— The one raised to happiness according to his desires of happiness, or good according to his desires of good; and the other to evil according to his desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh. And so it is on the other hand. If he hath repented of his sins, and desired righteousness until the end of his days, even so he shall be rewarded unto righteousness. These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness; and thus they stand or fall; for behold, they are their own judges, whether to do good or do evil."

In the Old Testament we read that those who refused to obey the voice of the Lord by entering into the promised land were made to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until they all had died.  The Lord often promises us blessings contingent upon our obedience.  If we refuse to obey, we forfeit those blessings.  Joshua 5:6 "For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us that we don't need to let our hearts be troubled because the Lord will leave us with peace--not the kind of peace that the world gives, but peace that surpasses all understanding.  John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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