(July 4, 2015)
There
is a certain majesty in the actions of people to avoid the results that they
know are coming. Mormon is a prime
example – he knows the destruction of his people is imminent, but he continues
striving anyhow – and Paul provides another example here. Through prophecy, he knows what is coming and
he makes every effort to avoid it rather than resign himself to it. Yet, in the end, he doesn’t fear it because
he knows it is the will of the Lord.
That
raises, of course, the question of why we are called to fight battles that we
cannot and will not win. As I consider
the issue, two possible explanations come to mind. The first is that Paul needed to make the
effort in a losing cause in order to learn and progress in the manner he
should. The second is that if Paul did
not strive to avoid his fate, he would be responsible for his fate. By doing what he could to avoid it, it became
the responsibility of those who inflicted it on him.
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