Daily Thoughts -- Thursday

In the D&C I read that if we seek understanding from the Lord, it's not enough to merely ask and expect it to be given to us--we first need to study it out in our own minds and then ask if it is right.  The Lord gives us minds and expects us to use them.  D&C 9:7-9 "Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right. But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong; therefore, you cannot write that which is sacred save it be given you from me."

A verse from the Old Testament tells us to wait on the Lord and have courage, for He will strengthen our hearts.  Psalms 27:14 "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord."

Some verses with a thought booklet answer the question of which is the most important commandment that the Lord has given us.  It is to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. And the second greatest commandment is to love our neighbor as ourselves.  In other words, the most important thing we can do in the world is to love.  And if we have love for the Lord and for others, we won't be inclined to break the other commandments either. How could we lie, cheat, or steal if we truly loved the people we would be lying to, cheating, or stealing from? How kind and thoughtful and willing to serve would we be if we truly loved those around us? Mark 12:29-31 " And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
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