Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that we can have no greater witness than from God, and that He can speak to us by giving us a feeling of peace.  Often when the Lord is telling us that something is right and good, He will do so by giving us a feeling of peace in our hearts.  D&C 6: 23 "Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?"

In the Old Testament we read that a fool whose works are abominable and corrupt says in his heart that there is no God.  If someone wants to do wickedly and disobey the commandments, they frequently want to convince themselves that there is no God. After all, if there is no God, they won't be punished for their sins.  But of course, they are fools!  Psalms 14: 1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."

In some verses with a thought booklet we read about how the Lord called Jonah to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh and he reacted by running away.  Of course we know the disastrous results of the Lord sending a storm and Jonah ending up being swallowed by a giant fish for three days.  The message?  We can't run away from God!  How many times do we try to though.  When we're asked to do something difficult or our of our comfort zone, do we try to escape?  Do we make up excuses of why we're too busy or why somebody else could do a better job  of it?  We may not end up swallowed by a fish, but what we're doing is not pleasing to the Lord.  When He calls us to do something, we need to obey.  Jonah 1:1-4, 17 "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."