“seeketh"
-what is
encompassed in this word? What does it
entail? How can I most effectively and
correctly “seek”?
“seeketh shall
find…”
-please
notice that there is no time frame applied here. We, I think, are a bit overly concerned about
this contraption called time, and it often is the one element that derails us
from the correct track which we must follow.
We are so recently told, “diligently”!
The word “diligently” seems to indicate that a sizable amount of time
must pass as part of our being proven worthy of “finding”. Time appears to be an aggravation, if not an
enemy, to man whereas to God it appears to be a major testing element. We would be will to remember that God ahs
never, nor will he ever be late! The
promise is sure: such a one shall/will
find.
-and what
shall he find? An understanding of the
mysteries of God.
“the mysteries
of God”
-what are
these mysteries? Instead of the word “mysteries” is it fair to substitute the
words the “understandings, knowledge, plans, mind or thinking” of God? There are many mysteries we may (and will
eventually) come to know:
·
God’s purposes for us in our lives, the specific
tasks he has for us to accomplish
·
An understanding of eternal principles and law
from faith to nuclear fusion
·
The unfolding of his work on this earth (i.e.
how He will gather Israel, the advent of the second coming, the progression of
the conquest of the devil, etc.).
·
How it is that a Savior can pay for the sins of
mankind and how that can take effect in our lives (the atonement).
·
How God thinks, decides, and acts.
“…as well in
these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to
come”
-Times
change but people, problems and
patterns do not.
-growth,
learning and salvation/exaltation of His children.
“the course of
the Lord is one eternal round”
-this is
a frequently spoken and oft repeated phrase but what does it really mean? Is the connotation simply a repeating of
cycles (i.e. of creating then testing and exhalting spirit children)? Like a divine monopoly game where God’s
course takes him along a path that leads back to “Go” every so often? Is it the idea of time as experience by God
as an continually eternal present?
-Cross Reference: Chapter 11:1
Nephi just told the reader that God would show the mysteries to people
in days past, in the present day and in days to come… THEN in the next chapter
he tells us how he sat thinking about these things (doing what he talked about in verse 19).
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