This was still on my computer. Did it not get sent out yesterday?
In the Book of Mormon we read that the Lord would bring forth His words in the last day, for the purpose of convincing the Jews of the true Messiah that they had rejected and crucified, and teaching them that another Messiah would not come, except a false Messiah who would deceive the people. The only true Messiah was the one spoken of by the prophets who was rejected by the Jews. The true Messiah would come 600 years after Lehi left Jerusalem and He would be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 Nephi 25:18-19 "Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews. For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also the word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
Yesterday in the Old Testament we read about how David sinned in numbering the men of war in Israel. Today we read that the prophet Gad went to David and told him he could pick one of three punishments for doing this. David picked pestilence and 70,000 men died. How ridiculous it was to place his trust in the number of men he had to the point of counting them. The Lord could take away 70,000 men just like that. On the other hand, with the Lord on their side they could fight any battle successfully no matter how small their numbers were. The important thing wasn't how many men they had to go to war, it was whether or not the Lord was on their side. 2 Samuel 24:11-15 "For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men."
A verse with a thought booklet reminds us to make sure that everything we speak, and even everything we think about, are acceptable in the sight of God, who is our strength and our Redeemer. This might be a good verse to memorize and recite to ourselves on a daily basis, reminding us to speak kind and encouraging words, and to have loving hearts to match what we're saying. Psalms 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."
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