(September 11, 2014)
One thing
that struck me as I was reading through this chapter (that I didn’t recall
having noticed before) was that Mosiah still had the plates nearing the time of
his death. This was at least decades
after he had delegated to Alma
the role of leader of the Church, but yet he was still throughout this time
period acting as seer for the Church and translating the records.
Oftentimes
I think I mistake the form and practice of the Church for the Church itself. In our modern era, the Prophet holds all the
keys of the Church, and if there was translation of ancient records to be done,
I would expect President Monson to be the one doing the translating. But upon reflection, I realize that I cannot
truly say that. The Lord calls who He
will call to whatever position that He will have them fill. The Prophet is called to a particular
stewardship, and that stewardship is not all-encompassing.
Of
course, this thought process can be taken too far (we all have heard from those
who, having realized that the Prophet is neither perfect nor omniscient,
determine that a fallible Prophet is not worth following at all – a dangerous
and predictable heresy). But it is worth
remembering that the Lord assigns us tasks and within those tasks we have all
the authority we need (and those given different tasks must be respected in
their authorities and stewardships as well).
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