In the Book of Mormon we read that because of the problems involved with having kings, Mosiah recommended that judges be appointed to rule the people, after he was gone. It is not common for the voice of the people to desire that which is wrong. Usually it is just a minority who wants that which is not right. But if the time comes that the voice of the people choose iniquity, then it is the time that the judgments of God will come upon them and they will be visited with great destruction. Considering what is going on in the world today, we may see this coming true in our own time. Mosiah 29:25-27 "Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which have been given you by our fathers, which are correct, and which were given them by the hand of the Lord. Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law—to do your business by the voice of the people. And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land."
In the Old Testament we read that when men are chastened and in pain, they turn to the Lord in the time of their trouble. It's natural to turn to the Lord when we're going through rough times and have no place to turn. But do we also turn to the Lord when things are going well for us--do we lift up our voices in praise to Him when we have much to be grateful for? Let's not wait until we're chastened and at the end of our ropes before we turn t God. Isaiah 26:16-17 "Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord."
In some verses with a thought booklet we're told that every good thing and every perfect gift comes from God. The Lord is a constant in our lives and does not change like the shifting shadows. We can count on Him. James 1:16-17 "Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
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