Trust and Get Understanding

As we trust in and rely on the Lord, a greater measure of understanding comes from Him into our heart.

I have personally observed the heartbreak and personal havoc wrought upon those whose focus is on worldly “getting” and not on the Lord’s “understanding.” It seems that those who lean unto their own understanding or rely on the arm of the flesh are more likely to develop a disproportionate focus or obsession for material gain, prestige, power, and position. But keeping the “getting” in accordance with this scriptural guidance of “understanding” will temper your temporal appetite. It will allow the proper context for your activities as a productive member of society and of the Lord’s kingdom.

• JANUARY 2017
• WITH ALL THY GETTING, GET UNDERSTANDING

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With All Thy Getting, Get Understanding

By Elder Gary E. Stevenson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

From a devotional address, “Lean Not unto Thine Own Understanding,” given at Brigham Young University on January 14, 2014. For the full address, go to speeches.byu.edu.

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