October 17th, 2008
“But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.”
Lehi here shows true faith. In fact, he has not yet obtained the land of promise, he has nothing tangible to show for his obedience, but he is so sure that the Lord will deliver on His promise that he counts those things as already fulfilled. Of course, he is comforting his wife who thinks her sons are dead, so I’m sure he’s laying out the good parts of the situation as plain as he can, but there’s a lot to be said about this kind of faith.
This is the kind of faith that makes us pay tithing, serve in callings and keep the commandments with all our heart. When we know the Lord will bless us, and we know it so well, that we act with a perfect assurance that the Lord will keep His promise, we show true faith and it becomes like knowledge. While the world teaches us not to “count our ducks before they hatch”, with the Lord in the equation, the promises are sure.
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