Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that the wicked will be punished and receive the indignation and vengeance of God, whereas the righteous and the pure in heart will be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings.  Each will receive according to all their works.  D&C 97:21-28 "Therefore, verily, thus saith the Lord, let Zion rejoice, for this is Zion—the pure in heart; therefore, let Zion rejoice, while all the wicked shall mourn. For behold, and lo, vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly as the whirlwind; and who shall escape it? The Lord's scourge shall pass over by night and by day, and the report thereof shall vex all people; yea, it shall not be stayed until the Lord come; For the indignation of the Lord is kindled against their abominations and all their wicked works. Nevertheless, Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things whatsoever I have commanded her. But if she observe not to do whatsoever I have commanded her, I will visit her according to all her works, with sore affliction, with pestilence, with plague, with sword, with vengeance, with devouring fire.  Nevertheless, let it be read this once to her ears, that I, the Lord, have accepted of her offering; and if she sin no more none of these things shall come upon her;  And I will bless her with blessings, and multiply a multiplicity of blessings upon her, and upon her generations forever and ever, saith the Lord your God. Amen."

In the Old Testament we read about the great judgmentments that would befall Israel because of their wickedness and worshiping false gods.  Even though the Lord had blessed them with corn and wine and oil and silver and gold, they prepared it for Baal. Hosea 2:8-13 "For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.  And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that if we'll submit ourselves to God and resist the devil, the devil will flee from us.  Another verse tells us what will happen if we don't resist the devil and his temptations.  We'll be like a bird darting into a snare, not realizing that it's going to cost him his life.  The choice is ours--resist the devil and have him flee away from us, or give in to temptation and be entrapped and enslaved by sin, eventually paying the price of losing our eternal lives. James 4: 7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Proverbs 7:23 "Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."