Sunday School Answers to All Our Problems

Alma 16

There is peace in the land of Zarahemla for a time and then those pesky Lamanites had to come down on them again. The people of Zarahemla were caught off guard a little and were unprepared for battle. First the Lamanites totally destroyed all the inhabitants of Ammonihah – not one was left standing alive. The Nephites wanted to recover those who had been taken prisoner and carried away into the wilderness. Zoram and his sons, Lehi and Aha were the appointed ones. I'm so impressed at their valor. Where did they go for guidance? To a prophet of the Lord. They knew Alma could inquire of the Lord and find where they should go to find their people. What a beautiful thing! What kind of success did this humility produce? Not one of their people was lost. They were taken immediately to the place where they were and they were able to recover every one of them and they returned to their homes. Is there not an amazing lesson taught in this chapter? Oh how blessed we would be if the leaders of the nation would go to President Monson in humility and ask him to inquire of the Lord the solution to the nation's ills. Wouldn't that be something?

I do have one other thought. As the Lord's people, although it would be nice to go to the prophet of the Lord and get a quick answer, we are entitled to approach the Lord on our own for answers to questions we have. I'm impressed at the push the Relief Society General Board is making for the sisters of the church to become comfortable with this amazing tool – personal revelation. How blessed we are to know we can receive revelation on our own if we will follow the pattern of revelation, i.e. fasting and prayer, scripture study, temple attendance. Sunday school answers to all our problems! What a deal.