"Nevertheless, I went forth,...
-this
going forth in the face of our own doubts is HUGE, it is key to
qualifying for the Lord's blessings.
-this is
KEY to being delivered from a trial, finding success in a struggle, or
resolving any matter where we desire assistance from heaven. We can be assured that most often our
decisions and circumstances will be resolved only after we have moved toward an
end and faced the fear and uncertainty of not being able to see the success and
peace of the final result. But we have
to move forward even if we feel devoid of steadying heavenly hands.
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When we, like Nephi, move ahead basing our actions
on what we know of heavenly instruction, we are manifesting true and pure
faith. To the degree to which we do so,
we are confessing our love and
faith. Laman and Lemuel, whose faith was
minimal, had ceased to move forward and could not be instruments in the Lord
bringing about His work. Their lack of
faith rendered them useless and unable to partake in success and the joy of
success.
-there is
no doubt that the Lord accomplishes His work and does what He says he will
do. Is there any more complete way in
which a person could be “delivered into your hands”?! We often do things in various degrees of
competence. We speak of doing something
100% or giving it our all. Truth is, we
often do our tasks (from being a parent to a project at school or work or to
painting the house) with lesser degrees of effort and results. How good is good enough for us: 90%, 80%,
70%? God never fails to do his work at
100% effort and with 100% (or the best possible) results. Should we be surprised that Laban was so
perfectly “delivered into (Nephi’s) hands”?
“he was drunken
with wine.”
-why was
he so inebriated? I suppose he might
have been celebrating the large amount of wealth he had just “come into”
(stole) earlier that day. It was a
tremendously profitable day for an embezzler & thief. He is about to pay a supreme price for his
crime. The irony is that he supposed
such a night on the town –in celebration of his good fortune- would bring him
great pleasure.
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