Today's Favorite Verse: Jeremiah 42:2-3, 20

Today's Favorite Verse: Jeremiah 42:2-3, 20

"And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do."

For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it."

I was encouraged to see that the remnant of Judah asked the prophet Jeremiah what they should do. But in the end it says they "dissembled in your hearts" which in HEB means "have deceived your souls". The people were told not to go into Egypt and in their hearts that is what they already decided they were going to do regardless of what Jeremiah said to them. Why do we do that?

It also made me think about Moses and the children of Israel that didn't want to talk to God but wanted Moses to do it for them. I think that was the same problem with the people in Judah. They didn't want to talk to God and receive personal revelation for their lives and what they should do. They wanted the prophet to tell them, and then they could disregard it. It reminds me again of that quote from President Nelson and the great need for us to be spiritual prepared to receive revelation over our own stewardship..

"But in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost."

(Russell M. Nelson, "Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives", Apr 2018 General Conference)

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