Knowing Not The Dealings of God

How does one know the know the dealings of that God who has them? Laman and Lemuel had this problem. In 1 Nephi 2:12 is says,

And thus Laman and Lemuel ... did murmur agains their father. And they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them.

They didn't get the witness from God that what Lehi was doing was of God. They didn't want that witness. They wanted to go back to Jerusalem. They did not believe the assurance that were given them by Lehi. They had no evidence. Jerusalem was not destroyed, thus, they couldn't believe what they could not see. They wouldn't experiment on Lehi's words.

This verse is similar to another verse in Mormon 9. In verse 20 we read, "And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of me is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust."

The Book of Mormon teaches that God is an active God, interested in us and our walk on this earth. To believe that God doesn't perform miracles in our lives is to declare that you are in a state of unbelief. To say that he hasn't revealed himself to you just means that you haven't passed the trial of your faith or perhaps haven't even planted the seed. Our human tendancy is belief what we can see and hear and feel. We need to learn to walk by faith, changing and repenting as required, growing from grace to grace.

In Hebrews 11: 6 we read, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

Faith is accepting or having the assurance of things hoped for and having or accepting evidences of things not seen.

We build on the assurances that we have received from others that there really is a God out there. We also have assurances from the Spirit. We have many evidences that there is more to this life than what can be seen and felt. The scriptures is an evidence. Miracles and blessings in our lives are evidences that there is a God.

Isn't there such a contrast between the natural man and the spiritual man? It is like night and day! The natural man cannot comprehend the spiritual but the spiritual man can comprehend the natural becuase he was once there.

1 Nephi 2:16 states that Nephi desire to know the mysteries of God and did cry unto the Lord. "...and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which were spoken by my father, wherefore I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers."

Is all about seeking to know. Its about hungering and thirsting. Its about exercising faith.


But there's more to concept. To know that God deals with people on this earth