Two Sundays ago our stake had stake conference, and Elder Roberts of
the 70 shared a scripture insight about the brother of Jared that I hadn’t
noticed before and which I thought it was definitely worth sharing.
16 And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord. And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
After the brother of
Jared built the barges as the Lord told him, he went to the Lord to
report. “I have performed the work
which thou hast commanded me,” he says, and then he points out there are some
problems with the barges. No
light, no way to steer, and no air!
Elder Roberts asked
us all, “When do you think the brother of Jared figured out those problems
existed?” Of course, we all
thought to ourselves, As he was building
them. Elder Roberts then made
the point that even though the brother of Jared noticed the problems as he was
building, he didn’t stop building. He kept going, finishing the work he
had been commanded to do.
I was very much
impressed by this because I am far too likely to quit when I notice problems
with a plan, on account of thinking there is no point in continuing if there
are major flaws. Instead, the
brother of Jared built the barges as he was told, and then took the problems to
the Lord for help. He didn’t give
up.
On a lighter note...
1 comments:
I was actually asking myself the same questions.Why go ahead to finish building the barges when there is air,light and steering problems ,you can even add space,how was everyone and everything going to fit in.Now I got my answer.
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