1
Nephi 18:8
TRUST
What
8 And
it came to pass after we had all gone down into the ship, and had
taken with us our provisions and things which had been commanded us,
we did put forth into the sea and
were driven forth before the wind towards the promised
land.
The
Lord took them in the sea to a better land, a land of promise.
2
Ne. 10:29
20
And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given
us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him,
and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not
cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven
out of
the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better
land,
for the Lord has made the sea our path,
and we are upon an isle of
the sea.
Why
the
Lord took them to a land where they could have freedom from
persecution and the freedom to worship as they pleased.
Pattern
1
Ne. 2:20
20
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper,
and shall be led to a land
of promise;
yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is
choice above all other lands.
Promised
Lands- unto a land that I will shew thee.
- Lord … said, Unto thy seed will I give this land.
- unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries.
- land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it.
- God shall … bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
- upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- all this land … will I give unto your seed.
- see the land … given unto the children of Israel.
- possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
- Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware.
- Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan.
- yet he promised that he would give it to him.
- By faith he sojourned in the land of promise.
- ye … shall be led to a land of promise.
- I have obtained a land of promise.
- we shall obtain the land of promise.
- should be led … into the land of promise.
- I looked and beheld the land of promise.
- multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise.
- land which is choice above all other.
2
NEp2 Ne. 10:11
11
And this land shall be a land ofliberty unto
the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon
the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.
2
Ne. 10:11
Josh.
21:43
43
¶And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which
he sware to
give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
D&C
109
64
And the children of Judah may
begin to return to the lands which
thou didst give to Abraham, their father.
Proverbs
3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not to thine own
understanding.
Christ
Jesus
trusted the Father completely. He faithfully fulfilled His mission
and did all that was asked to the best that he could. Which was
perfect.
2 Corinthians 1:9
9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should
not trust in
ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
10
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom
we trust that he
will yet deliver us;
Matthew 6:10
10 Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be
done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Talk-
Gary L. Stevenson Presiding. Bishopric Jan 14 2014 BYU
Shortly
after the Church was organized in Palmyra, New York, Lucy Mack Smith
remained in Waterloo, New York, with a large group of Saints while
her husband, Joseph Sr., and sons, including Joseph Jr., departed
before her to Kirtland, Ohio. Her responsibility was to bring this
group to Ohio when she received word from Joseph.
Well,
word came in early spring 1831. Lucy, with the help of some of the
brethren, began to move the group to Buffalo, New York, with the
intention of making passage to Ohio by ship on Lake Erie. In her
words:
When
the brethren considered the spring sufficiently open for traveling on
the water, we all began to prepare for our removal to Kirtland. We
hired a boat . . . ; and . . . we numbered eighty souls.
And
then, as they pushed off into the Erie Canal, headed to Buffalo:
I
then called the brethren and sisters together, and reminded them that
we were traveling by the commandment of the Lord, as much as
Father Lehi was, when he left Jerusalem; and, if faithful, we had the
same reasons to expect the blessings of God. I then desired them to
be solemn, and to lift their hearts to God continually
in prayer, that we might be prospered.
About
halfway to Buffalo from Waterloo, passage along the canal became
impossible. Conditions for the eighty Saints were uncomfortable, and
murmuring began almost immediately. Lucy, relying on the Lord, had to
unite their faith:
No,
no, . . . you will not starve, brethren, nor anything of that sort;
only do be patient and stop your murmuring. I have no doubt but the
hand of the Lord is over us.When
they arrived in Buffalo on the fifth day after leaving Waterloo, the
harbor leading to Lake Erie was apparently frozen solid. They took
passage on a ship with Captain Blake, a man acquainted with Lucy
Smith and her family. After a couple of days, although conditions on
the ship were not conducive for all of them to stay while awaiting
notice of departure, Lucy reported:
Captain
Blake requested the passengers to remain on board, as he wished, from
that time, to be ready to start at a moment’s warning; at the same
time he sent out a man to measure the depth of the ice, who, when he
returned, reported that it was piled up to the height of twenty feet,
and that it was his opinion that we would remain in the harbor at
least two weeks longer.
This
was devastating news to the group, as supplies were low and
conditions were difficult. Lucy Mack Smith further recorded her
admonition to the Saints:
You
profess to put your trust in God, then how can you feel to murmur and
complain as you do! You are even more unreasonable than the children
of Israel were; for here are my sisters pining for their rocking
chairs, and brethren from whom I expected firmness and energy,
declare that they positively believe they shall starve to death
before they get to the end of their journey. And why is it so? Have
any of you lacked? . . . Where is your faith? Where is your
confidence in God? Can you not realize that all things were made by
him, and that he rules over the works of his own hands? And suppose
that all the Saints here should lift their hearts in prayer to God,
that the way might be opened before us, how easy it would be for him
to cause the ice to break away, so that in a moment we could be on
our journey!
Now,
please observe here the great faith of Mother Smith—how she chose
to trust in the Lord and how she asked that the Saints with her not
lean unto their own understanding:
“Now,
brethren and sisters, if you will all of you raise your desires to
heaven, that the ice may be broken up, and we be set at liberty, as
sure as the Lord lives, it will be done.” At that instant a noise
was heard, like bursting thunder. The captain cried, “Every
man to his post.” The ice parted, leaving barely a passage for the
boat, and so narrow that as the boat passed through, the buckets of
the waterwheel were torn off with a crash, which, joined to the word
of command from the captain, the hoarse answering of the sailors, the
noise of the ice, and the cries and confusion of the spectators,
presented a scene truly terrible. We had barely passed through the
avenue when the ice closed together again, and the Colesville
brethren were left in Buffalo, unable to follow us.
As
we were leaving the harbor, one of the bystanders exclaimed, “There
goes the ‘Mormon’ company! That boat is sunk in the water nine
inches deeper than ever it was before, and, mark it, she will
sink—there is nothing surer.” In fact, they were so sure of it
that they went straight to the [news] office and had it
published that we were sunk, so that when we arrived at Fairport we
read in the papers the news of our own death.6
“And
with all thy getting get understanding,” or, said another way,
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding.”7
Conference
April 2016- Eyring
Trust
in that Spirit Which Leadeth To Do Good
My
prayer for the sisters in the kingdom, wherever they may be or in
whatever circumstances, is that their faith in the Savior and
gratitude for His Atonement will lead them to do all they can for
those God asks them to serve. As they do, I promise that they will
move up the path to become holy women whom the Savior and our
Heavenly Father will welcome warmly and reward openly.
April
75- Marion D. Hanks
Trust
In The Lord
Our
religion is “not weight, it is wings.” It can carry us through
the dark times, the bitter cup. It will be with us in the fiery
furnace and the deep pit. It will accompany us to the hospital room
and to the place of bereavement. It can guarantee us the presence of
a Captain on the rough voyage. It is, in short, not the path to easy
disposition of problems, but the comforting assurance of the eternal
light, by which we may see, and the eternal warmth, which we may
feel. “The Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
(Ps.
34:8.)
In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Conference
Oct.2014-Ballard
Stay
In The Boat and Hold On!
And
finally, President Young reminded the Saints: “We are on the old
ship Zion. … [God] is at the helm and will stay there. … All is
right, sing Hallelujah, for the Lord is here. He dictates, guides and
directs. If the people will have implicit confidence in their God,
never forsake their covenants nor their God, He will guide us
right.”3
Here
is how. We need to experience a continuing conversion by increasing
our faith in Jesus Christ and our faithfulness to His gospel
throughout our lives—not just once but regularly. Alma asked, “And
now behold, I say unto you, my brethren [and sisters], if ye have
experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song
of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?”4
Along
with rule number one as I’ve applied it, remember rules two and
three: always wear a life jacket, and hold on with both hands. The
words of the Lord are found in the scriptures and the teachings of
the apostles and prophets. They provide us counsel and direction
that, when followed, will act like a spiritual life jacket and will
help us know how to hold on with both hands.
We
need to become like the sons of Mosiah, who “waxed strong in the
knowledge of the truth.” We can become men and women “of a sound
understanding.” This can be accomplished only by our “search[ing]
the scriptures diligently, that [we] might know the word of God.”7
In
searching the scriptures and the words of past and current apostles
and prophets, we should focus on studying, living, and loving the
doctrine of Christ.
In
addition to developing the habit of personal scripture reading, we
need to be like the sons of Mosiah and give ourselves “to much
prayer, and fasting.”8
Apply
We
can trust in the Lord. Get on the ship and stay there doing our
best. In trusting in Him we can give up our worries and know that
he answers our prayers and then give our troubles too Him. Stay in
the ship as Nephi did and he will move us on the the promised land
which is life eternal in the Celestial Kingdom with Him. If we will
look at life in the way Heavely Father looks at it, we will see that
it is a journey and that we can have patience and trust in Him.
As
Lehi's family, we can put all our trust in him. As they put
everything in the ship and closed it up and went out to sea they
exhibited complete trust that He would take them to the Promised
Land. Give ourselves to much prayer and fasting while all the time
fully trusting and believing in Him.
If
we truly trust in Him, then we can have peace of mind and true
happiness. We know that He will bless us and our loved ones. He has
not forgotten us. “Stay in the boat and hold on! “
Hymn
237
Do
What is Right
Helaman
10:4-5 4 Blessed art
thou, Nephi, for those things which thou hast done; for I have beheld
how thou hast with unwearyingness declared
the word, which I have given unto thee, unto this people. And thou
hast not feared them, and hast not sought thine own
life, but hast sought my will,
and to keep my commandments.
5 And
now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold, I
will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in
deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all things
shall be done unto
thee according to thy word,
for thou shalt dnot ask
that which is contrary to my will.
Children
158-Dare
To Do Right
96-Faith
