"And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection."
3 Nephi 4:30
This is a scripture that talks about the rejoicing after the miraculous triumph over the Gadianton Robbers. What stood out to me was the idea of God protecting the righteous, as long as they called upon him for protection.
The struggles that we have today don't always have clear good and evil sides as was the case in this verse, but I think that God's promise still holds. If we are righteous, and we call upon God for protection, then he will preserve us. I'm not promising that 100% of us will be fine, because obviously that is all according to the Lord's wisdom, who can see more than we can and knows when we need to come home to him.
Preservation is certainly within the Lord's power. The Lord passed over the Children of Israel with his plagues and only afflicted the Egyptians in the time of Moses. The Stripling warriors were all preserved, despite serious wounds. God saved his people through Joseph when there was a 7-year famine. God has all power, and our righteousness and our prayers matter to him.
Today, let's rededicate ourselves to righteousness, and let's pray for protection. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego before the fiery furnace, let us be faithful and know that God has the power to preserve us, but even if he chooses not to (Daniel 3:17-18), that won't shake our dedication to him.
3 Nephi 4:30
This is a scripture that talks about the rejoicing after the miraculous triumph over the Gadianton Robbers. What stood out to me was the idea of God protecting the righteous, as long as they called upon him for protection.
The struggles that we have today don't always have clear good and evil sides as was the case in this verse, but I think that God's promise still holds. If we are righteous, and we call upon God for protection, then he will preserve us. I'm not promising that 100% of us will be fine, because obviously that is all according to the Lord's wisdom, who can see more than we can and knows when we need to come home to him.
Preservation is certainly within the Lord's power. The Lord passed over the Children of Israel with his plagues and only afflicted the Egyptians in the time of Moses. The Stripling warriors were all preserved, despite serious wounds. God saved his people through Joseph when there was a 7-year famine. God has all power, and our righteousness and our prayers matter to him.
Today, let's rededicate ourselves to righteousness, and let's pray for protection. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego before the fiery furnace, let us be faithful and know that God has the power to preserve us, but even if he chooses not to (Daniel 3:17-18), that won't shake our dedication to him.
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