1 Nephi 4:6 -- On Being Led by the Spirit

"And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do."
1 Nephi 4:6


It's kind of strange to think about the idea of doing everything seemingly on the spur of the moment, and yet having God in our lives and trusting him means that we could do that, if we were practiced enough with the spirit, without worrying about not accomplishing anything... because God would be there helping us all the time. Which I think that God is doing all the time, but when we aren't tuned into the Spirit, we aren't really hearing him.

I don't think that this is an excuse for not planning or thinking about our lives or our future, because the scriptures also say that if we are prepared we don't need to fear, God works to help us with our righteous desires, so we actually have to thik about and know what those are, and we're asked to think about long term spiritual matters rather than whatever the desire of the moment is. That said though, I think there is something compelling in acting according to the spirit and having that complete confidence in the spirit even though you don't know what is coming next. That's a surety that we can have if we trust in the Lord, and it's something worth working towards. Today, let's practice living by the spirit and trusting God... acting on any promptings and working towards the day when we can trust ourselves to know the Spirit's this well.