Ether 2

(December 18, 2013)
Why is it that the Lord, who admits that the waves which would swallow the ship prepared by the Jaredites came from His mouth and were under His control, would not simply still them to permit the Jaredites to go with windows?  I think that there is some significance there.  The trials that we pass through – the very trials that we go to the Lord for help in conquering – are sometimes gifts from the Lord to help us to accomplish our purpose.  Presumably the waves were designed to more quickly get the Jaredites where they needed to go – the thing that swallowed them into the depths of the sea is the same thing that freed them to get where they need to go.

We should consider that when we ask for relief from our adversity in prayer.  Yes, the Lord could probably grant us the relief that we are requesting, but would that relief get us where we need to be?  Possibly not.  Instead, we should follow the example of the brother of Jared and take a solution to our problem that does not remove our adversity but rather allows the challenged to be properly met and overcome.