Helaman 7

More contrast between the wicked and the rigtheous:

22 ...wo shall come unto you except ye shall repent. For if ye will not repent, behold, this great city, and also all those great cities which are round about, which are in the land of our possession, shall be taken away that ye shall have no place in them; for behold, the Lord will not grant unto you strength, as he has hitherto done, to withstand against your enemies.
23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.
24 For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned against that great knowledge which ye have received; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto them; yea, he will lengthen out their days and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except thou shalt repent.

Each day I pray for strength for me and my loved ones, that we may accomplish our daily work.I must remember that if I am wicked, God will cease granting me strength. I will become as weak as any other man who operates without the blessings of strength God can grant. The danger in that can be seen in the Nephite wars, where the Nephites were vastly outnumbered by an innumerable foe, and yet, with the strength of the Lord they conquered their enemies. Without the Lord's help, it was a simple numbers game. It was man for man, technology for technology, armor for armor, strategy for strategy. There was no way the Nephites could win.

It is the same with me. The enemy of my soul, the devil, has 10,000 legions of devils ready to descend upon me, waiting for a weakness to be exposed, searching for a breach, looking for that favorite sin to exploit. I need the strength of the Lord every day or my life is vain and all is lost. I must repent of my sins and do whatever I need to do to qualify for God's blessings.

Have you ever wished for more time? More hours in the day? What an interesting promise the Lord gives when He says he will lengthen out the days of the righteous.

Helaman 7.