Scripture Thought 10/16/09
1 Nephi 4:4
The thing that gets me in this verse is that "They were yet wroth". How could they be? President Monson talked about this in the most recent Priesthood Session of General Conference. Even though they had just has the opportunity to partake in a sweet spiritual experience, they chose not to partake, continued savoring the hot sensation of their anger.
I wonder what drives that deep anger. Is it guilt? Do the hear the truth and not want to accept it? Are they looking for opportunity to be offended? Instead of accepting the chastening they have just received and moving on, maybe they are playing martyrs. Maybe they suddenly start looking for reasons and justification for their actions, they are the oldest, Dad always picks on me, we are not smart enough to understand, this task is too hard, we have been traveling a great deal and were just exhausted, we never get to do what we what...etc. What is the excuse?
Do we find ourselves doing the same in our lives? Some time the Lord allows things to happen in our lives so that we are reminded of who we are, why we are, and that we should always rely on him. What is that called, humility? It is not an easy thing to do. Pride leads to anger. We can see it with this example, now how to we apply it to our lives?
Here we see that Laman and Lemuel have had a major dunk in the humility tank of life. Yet, they refuse to let the water soak in, warm them, or cleanse them. They look for the chance to pay in the filthiness of pride and anger. They themselves become overwhelmed and justify their actions.
Yes the continued to do, they went on the journey back to Jerusalem, but how did they do it? Was it with the right attitude? Did they continue to complain about having to go to school, do homework, work in the yard, stop watching TV, going to bed, attending mutual, attending a meeting...etc? With such attitudes or dispositions, how open do you think we are to receiving personal revelation? We the murmuring in our heads is louder than the whisperings of the Spirit, do you think we will hear it? And if we do, are we going to accept it, or just roll in the dirt to cover it up?
Lots to think about. I know I have room for improvement.
The thing that gets me in this verse is that "They were yet wroth". How could they be? President Monson talked about this in the most recent Priesthood Session of General Conference. Even though they had just has the opportunity to partake in a sweet spiritual experience, they chose not to partake, continued savoring the hot sensation of their anger.
I wonder what drives that deep anger. Is it guilt? Do the hear the truth and not want to accept it? Are they looking for opportunity to be offended? Instead of accepting the chastening they have just received and moving on, maybe they are playing martyrs. Maybe they suddenly start looking for reasons and justification for their actions, they are the oldest, Dad always picks on me, we are not smart enough to understand, this task is too hard, we have been traveling a great deal and were just exhausted, we never get to do what we what...etc. What is the excuse?
Do we find ourselves doing the same in our lives? Some time the Lord allows things to happen in our lives so that we are reminded of who we are, why we are, and that we should always rely on him. What is that called, humility? It is not an easy thing to do. Pride leads to anger. We can see it with this example, now how to we apply it to our lives?
Here we see that Laman and Lemuel have had a major dunk in the humility tank of life. Yet, they refuse to let the water soak in, warm them, or cleanse them. They look for the chance to pay in the filthiness of pride and anger. They themselves become overwhelmed and justify their actions.
Yes the continued to do, they went on the journey back to Jerusalem, but how did they do it? Was it with the right attitude? Did they continue to complain about having to go to school, do homework, work in the yard, stop watching TV, going to bed, attending mutual, attending a meeting...etc? With such attitudes or dispositions, how open do you think we are to receiving personal revelation? We the murmuring in our heads is louder than the whisperings of the Spirit, do you think we will hear it? And if we do, are we going to accept it, or just roll in the dirt to cover it up?
Lots to think about. I know I have room for improvement.
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