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1 Nephi 4:10

  • Writer: April McMurtrey
    April McMurtrey
  • Oct 24, 2022
  • 1 min read
10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

I love that faithful, obedient Nephi records his honest, natural reaction to the Spirit's prompting.


What is the Spirit prompting me to do that I don't want to? What am I shrinking from that would not only bless me, but others?


Maybe it's okay to acknowledge my honest, natural thoughts, admit them to God, and then ask for help (from the power of His Son's Atonement) to pick up the sword - and let it fall.


April- do it.

 
 
 

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1 Comment

K K
K K
Oct 24, 2022

Hence -- goes the 'dilemma'... is this really what God wants me to do? or am I not seeing the temptation from Satan?... we just talked about this yesterday--- if it is a 'good thing', it is of God... but I"m with you, April... what FAITH Nephi had knowing that this was what was being asked of him, yet he knew that he had never taken the life of another, yet had that knowledge that this was what needed to be done. Great question -- what am I shrinking from doing that the Lord wants me to do? Am I not hearing the Voice to know? Have I even asked God? hhmmm.... yups.. just do it.

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