Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 124:2-3

Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 124:2-3

"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:"

This made me think of men not rising up to do battle, but to deceive and lead followers of Christ away. I thought of false doctrine and how quickly even the very elect could be persuaded to fall away. We must always make sure we are following the Lord and his prophet. I was impressed to go back and listen to Elder Renlund's conference talk on personal revelation.

"When we ask for revelation about something for which God has already given clear direction, we open ourselves up to misinterpreting our feelings and hearing what we want to hear... The Prophet Joseph Smith warned, “Nothing is a greater injury to the children of men than to be under the influence of a false spirit, when they think they have the Spirit of God.

"Joseph learned, as the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob taught: “Seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For … he counseleth in wisdom.” Jacob cautioned that unfortunate things happen when we ask for things we should not. He foretold that the people in Jerusalem would seek “for things that they could not understand,” look “beyond the mark,” and completely overlook the Savior of the world. They stumbled because they asked for things they would not and could not understand."

(Dale G. Renlund, "A Framework for Personal Revelation", Oct 2022 General Conference)

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