Good Things To Them That Ask

Trusting in the Lord can be difficult. When things don’t go our way it can be easy to blame God, or question why he would do this to us. The Lord has promised however, that he will never give us more then he can handle.  In Moses 1:39 the Lord says his purpose is to “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” The Lord then would never give to us anything that would keep us from achieving this final goal. 

He teaches this in 3 Nephi 14:9-11 when visiting the Nephites.  “Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” 

While we would true our earthly parents to do what is best for us, we most also trust that our Father in Heaven cares for us with the same love and consideration that they do.  I had allot of things that I wanted my way as a kid. My parents however were wise not to meet my every demand as they knew that parenting like this would not be for my betterment.  Likewise, I have several ideas about what I want from my life. The Lord however, may often have different plans. He does not meet our every demand because he is inconsiderate, or because he is ignoring us, but rather because he knows how to teach us in a way that is best for us. 

The Lord knows how to give good gifts. Even in the hardest of trails the Lord always has a way of teaching us meaningful lessons that help us grow. The Lord doesn’t us to meet the expectations of the world, but rather live up to our divine potential. By trusting in the Lord we no longer feel stress over situations out of our control because we can have peace in knowing that all things are for our benefit so long as we steadfastly look to the savior in all things. At the end of every trial is a lesson and in all things there is a gift. As we ask for good things from our Heavenly Father in faith, he will always provide a means to achive rightous ends.