(August 27, 2014)
I think
there is a pair of profound lessons to be taken from this chapter. The first is on the importance of reflection
and patience in seeking to know the will of the Lord. Nathan, unarguably a prophet, at first gave
one piece of advice to David but upon reflection he changed that advice and
gave David the exact opposite instructions. Certainly Nathan was close to the Lord, but
sometimes we can only learn things through time and being receptive to the
gentle pull of the Spirit.
The second
thought was the impossible standard to which we hold our modern Prophets and
Apostles. If President Monson had come
out today and given one piece of instruction, then come back out tomorrow and
given the opposite instruction, the media and many members of the Church would
have claimed that he was a fallen prophet. But we see countless examples of the fact that
the prophets are imperfect men doing their best to follow the Lord’s will. It is important that we give similar credit to
our modern leaders.
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