Scripture Thought 2/24/2009
1 Nephi 3:4
In this verse Lehi tells us that he was commanded to send his sons back to the house of Laban. In the same sentence his sons are told to SEEK the records. Notice the plurality of the word records. They were not told to go and receive the records. They were not told to go and get the records, they were told to seek. When you are seeking, it means that something his hidden. Seeking is not always easy. They had to apply themselves. They had to do something. It almost sounds as if there were several records they could choose from, they had to seek out those that were correct. Likewise, we should do the same.
I recently read part of a talk by Joseph B. Wirthlin. It was found in the May Ensign 1992. The talks about seeking good. Is that what Nephi and his brothers were commanded to do? Do you think that is why his brothers did not want to do it? It required work. It was not a work that they wanted to do. It was not something that was entertaining. It was not something that sounded like fun. It was not something that was easy. How many of us are the same way?
I also find the last part of this verse very interesting. Lehi tells them to bring the records down into the wilderness. Note that Jerusalem is the city that Lehi still holds on a pedestal. It is a place that he honors, respects, and values. It is up from where he is currently felt he was in that part of his life. How many of us have places like that? We wish we were somewhere else, doing something else, and getting down because we are not there? We can learn from Lehi. He continued to endure. He endured in faith and hope of a better place, someday, some 8 years away from where he was, yet he did not know that.
In this verse Lehi tells us that he was commanded to send his sons back to the house of Laban. In the same sentence his sons are told to SEEK the records. Notice the plurality of the word records. They were not told to go and receive the records. They were not told to go and get the records, they were told to seek. When you are seeking, it means that something his hidden. Seeking is not always easy. They had to apply themselves. They had to do something. It almost sounds as if there were several records they could choose from, they had to seek out those that were correct. Likewise, we should do the same.
I recently read part of a talk by Joseph B. Wirthlin. It was found in the May Ensign 1992. The talks about seeking good. Is that what Nephi and his brothers were commanded to do? Do you think that is why his brothers did not want to do it? It required work. It was not a work that they wanted to do. It was not something that was entertaining. It was not something that sounded like fun. It was not something that was easy. How many of us are the same way?
I also find the last part of this verse very interesting. Lehi tells them to bring the records down into the wilderness. Note that Jerusalem is the city that Lehi still holds on a pedestal. It is a place that he honors, respects, and values. It is up from where he is currently felt he was in that part of his life. How many of us have places like that? We wish we were somewhere else, doing something else, and getting down because we are not there? We can learn from Lehi. He continued to endure. He endured in faith and hope of a better place, someday, some 8 years away from where he was, yet he did not know that.
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