Daily Thoughts

In the D&C I read that if we don't obey the commandments, the Lord will not hold us guiltless and He will revoke the blessings that He promised He would give us if we had obeyed.  Some people grumble and complain because they don't get blessings promised to them.  But they forget that those blessings were contingent upon their obedience.  We need to make sure we don't keep the commandments with a "slothful heart" and that we go forward and do whatever the Lord has commanded us.  D&C 58:29-33 "But he that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned. Who am I that made man, saith the Lord, that will hold him guiltless that obeys not my commandments? Who am I, saith the Lord, that have promised and have not fulfilled? I command and men obey not; I revoke and they receive not the blessing. Then they say in their hearts: This is not the work of the Lord, for his promises are not fulfilled. But wo unto such, for their reward lurketh beneath, and not from above."

In the Old Testament we read about how the sicked will be destrooyed and the Gentiles will hear the gospel.  The Lord will make a new heaven and a new earth and all flesh will come to worship before the Lord.  But they shall see the carcases of the men that have transgressed against Him.  Those who are slain of the Lord will be many.  Isaiah 66:14-24 "And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."

In some verses with a thought booklet we read that if we put the Lord for our rock and our fortress, He will lead and guide us.  He will be our strong rock and a house of defense to save us. The scriptures are full of references to building our sure foundation upon the rock of our Redeemer.  A rock is solid and sure and firm--something we can rely on. Let's make sure that the foundation we build our lives on is rock solid, built upon the sure foundation of Christ.   Psalms 31:2-3 "Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me."