verse 5 says that their was nothing in all the land to hinder the people from prospering continually, except they fall into transgression.
That is a key for me. the first one is order. It says that Gods house is a house of order.. Is mine? What can I strive to do to make it that way?
The second is if I want to continually prosper that I need to stay away from transgressions. I want to seek for the good everyday.
I want to be firm, steadfast, and immovable, willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord.
I also see a pattern as I have been reading. It seems like a 4 year cycle. That they are really good for about 2 years and than in that 3rd year they start to get prideful and allow their riches to be what they seek. And than the 4th year Satan has a great hold of the hearts of many.
Also, it says "they did not sin ignorantly, for they knew the will of God." This is important for me because I also know the will of God. I have the truth in front of me. I must stay true to what I know...
I think another thing that stands out for me is that Heavenly Father still after all these chances that have been given wants them to return to good. He continually sends messengers , "inspired from heaven and sent forth" It is their chance to redeem themselves.
These are the things that stood out to me in this chapter..
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Good for you, Melanie - I am glad you are reading like you are. Doing it every day becomes a beacon from lighthouse in a dark and ugly world. With the world speaking such tantalizing but false and destructive things in our ears, the scriptures can keep reminding us that it is our character - what we are and what we have learned - that counts and not how we appear or what we have accumulated. My favorite scriptures from Helaman are the following from Helaman 3:27-30.
27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name.
28 Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.
29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked—
30 And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out.
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