Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 131:2
"Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child."
I thought about being a child and having to quiet yourself. It takes a lot of will power and self-discipline because its against your nature. Everything in you wants to run free and make noise. There is a lot of struggle until you mature and grow, and can sit quiet and behave. The rewards are great when you can accomplish this. It really is part of overcoming the natural man. Then I thought about how its really about overcoming the world. President Nelson spoke about that this general conference.
"Now, overcoming the world certainly does not mean becoming perfect in this life, nor does it mean that your problems will magically evaporate—because they won’t. And it does not mean that you won’t still make mistakes. But overcoming the world does mean that your resistance to sin will increase. Your heart will soften as your faith in Jesus Christ increases. Overcoming the world means growing to love God and His Beloved Son more than you love anyone or anything else.
How, then, do we overcome the world? King Benjamin taught us how. He said that “the natural man is an enemy to God” and remains so forever “unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.” Each time you seek for and follow the promptings of the Spirit, each time you do anything good—things that “the natural man” would not do—you are overcoming the world...
As we strive to live the higher laws of Jesus Christ, our hearts and our very natures begin to change. The Savior lifts us above the pull of this fallen world by blessing us with greater charity, humility, generosity, kindness, self-discipline, peace, and rest. "
(Russell M. Nelson, "Overcome the World and Find Rest", Oct 2022 General Conference)
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