"Behold, I say unto you, that ye must visit the poor and the needy and administer to their relief, that they may be kept until all things may be done according to my law which ye have received. Amen."
Doctrine and Covenants 44:6
God talks about the poor a lot in the scriptures, and I think that we have a tendency to blow it off, perhaps because we feel like it is a much bigger problem than we can tackle by ourselves, or we feel poor as well, or any number of things containing varying degrees of truth.
Like Nephi though, I think that despite not understanding how we can accomplish what God asks, God expects us to go on faith and go forward anyway. As we put forth the effort to figure out a way to do as God asks, with this commandment as well as any other that we don't really understand or that we think we can't do, he will bless us. It isn't about figuring it out intellectually or being able to get a handle on it (though of course it is awesome if we get to that point). Instead, it is about jumping in and doing something--anything that we can think of--and then maybe refining that idea as we figure out better or more effective ways to move forward.
Today, let's work to obey God, even if we don't understand yet why he is asking, or how we can possibly succeed.
Doctrine and Covenants 44:6
God talks about the poor a lot in the scriptures, and I think that we have a tendency to blow it off, perhaps because we feel like it is a much bigger problem than we can tackle by ourselves, or we feel poor as well, or any number of things containing varying degrees of truth.
Like Nephi though, I think that despite not understanding how we can accomplish what God asks, God expects us to go on faith and go forward anyway. As we put forth the effort to figure out a way to do as God asks, with this commandment as well as any other that we don't really understand or that we think we can't do, he will bless us. It isn't about figuring it out intellectually or being able to get a handle on it (though of course it is awesome if we get to that point). Instead, it is about jumping in and doing something--anything that we can think of--and then maybe refining that idea as we figure out better or more effective ways to move forward.
Today, let's work to obey God, even if we don't understand yet why he is asking, or how we can possibly succeed.
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