"Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith."
Mosiah 23:21
This points out a couple of areas where God tries us... I think this shows that God really cares about us learning those things. Patience and faith are both challenging things to master, but the rewards for learning them are also incredible. Impatience all by itself keeps us from a lot of blessings because we opt for the immediate payoff rather than the much better eternal reward, and faith works similarly. We have to trust in things that aren't right in front of us, but which are still true, and we have a hard time focusing on things that are spiritually discerned rather than physically discerned.
Today, let's think about patience and faith in our lives and whether we are harming ourselves by being short-sighted about what the Lord offers us, and about our own potential. Let's try listening to God rather than focusing on our immediate desires, and ask for God's help learning to see things from a better perspective.
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