1
Nephi 18:14
Tempests
What
Why
Why
was it on the fourth day that the tempest began to be so bad?
We
have agency to rebel or to choose to follow the Lord. Laman and
Lemuel were given three days to change their minds on their own
before the Lord brought on the big storm to accomplish His purpose to
bring them all to the promised land.
From
the Seminary Book of Mormon Student Manual
The actions of those who rebelled show us that sin
leads to suffering for ourselves and sometimes for others as well.
When
people rebel then Satan and his forces take over and that sometimes
is manifest in some extremely stormy times in their lives.
Pattern
Jonah
Ch.1:4-5
3 But Jonah rose up to aflee unto Tarshish from the bpresence ofthe Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to gowith them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
4 ¶But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and therewas a mighty atempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to bebroken.
Psalms
11:6
Psalms 11:6
6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this
shall be the portion of their cup.
3 Nephi 8:6
6
And there was also a great and terrible tempest;
and there was terrible thunder, insomuch that it did shake the whole
earth as if it was about to divide asunder.
Christ
Matthew 8:24
24
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in
the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he
was asleep.
26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye afearful, O ye oflittle faith? Then he arose, and brebuked the winds and thesea; and there was a great calm.
Jesus
has all power to make a tempest and to calm a tempest. He is the
creator and Master.
Conference
April
2000 Wirthlin
Finding
A Safe Harbor
Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment,the ships of their lives could capsize or sink. It is to you who are looking fora safe harbor that I wish to speak today, you whose hearts are breaking,you who are worried or afraid, you who bear grief or the burdens of sin,you who feel no one is listening to your cries, you whose hearts are
pleading, “Master, cares
t thou not that I perish?” To you I offer a few words
of comfort and of counsel.
Be assured that there is a safe harbor. You can find peace amidst the
storms that threaten you. Your Heavenly Father—who knows when even a
sparrow falls—knows of your heartache and suffering. He loves you and
wants the best for you. Never doubt this. While He allows all of us to make
choices that may not always be for our own or even others’ well-being, and
while He does not always intervene in the course of events, He has
promised the faithful peace even in their trials and tribulations.
Apply
If
we refuse to listen then God cannot and will not guide us.
After
the trial of our faith, we will be blessed.
Nephi
was blessed after three days of pleading with the Lord to be released
from the bands that held him and then his prayers were answered and
the storm became even worse and the ship was driven back.
Sometimes
we may feel that our trials will never end and that the help will
never come. The adversary takes over peoples lives but in time, they
will meet the storm that will deny them direction and protection.
Then righteousness will prevail.
We
never stay in one place in life. We either go forward or backward .
Hymn;
Be Still My Soul 124
D&C
101
1 Verily I say unto you, concerning your brethren whohave been afflicted, and apersecuted, and bcast out from theland of their inheritance—
2 I, the Lord, have suffered the aaffliction to come uponthem, wherewith they have been afflicted, in consequenceof their btransgressions;
4 Therefore, they must needs be achastened and tried,even as bAbraham, who was commanded to offer up hisonly son.
Children
197
Quickly I'll Obey
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