Divine Indebtedness

Scriptural mentors who possess great power demonstrate that we are in the moment of our greatest strength when we are in total acknowledgement of our weakness. They are eager to tell the Lord how weak and worthless they are therefore, they live in constant divine indebtedness, and are enabled with divine power. One classic illustration is the Brother of Jared “we know that thou art holy and . . . we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually.” (Ether 3:2 see also 2 Nephi 4). When we appraisingly stand in relation to Christ “we do not stand at all, we kneel!” (Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign Nov. 1981 p. 8) Therefore true humility is not an abject self-despising attitude; it is the right estimate of ourselves as God sees us. Without divine humility we keep our defects; but they become encrusted with pride, which disguises them from personal examination.
King Benjamin teaches us: “If ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath. . . and even supporting you from one moment to another--I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants. (Mosiah 2:21)
This is not humiliating but it is humbling! The very moment I am righteous, the Lord blesses me and instant indebtedness besets again. Accordingly constant gratitude to the Lord must permeate personal prayers. King Benjamin continues that God “doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you.” (Mosiah 2:24) King Benjamin implies retrospective realization of blessings not automatic appreciation. It is unrealistic and ungrateful to accept heavenly blessings without accountability. Through thankful prayer our blindness will be healed and we will see the blessings of the Lord instantaneously.

Man Is Not Alone

“It is not good for man to be alone.” As the primal parent of our race, Adam began life alone. Christ was also alone (Isaiah 53:2-3) and therefore following the example of our fathers, we are alone as well. Everyone is alone in their own way, Adam was alone in the expectation of another person, Christ alone because only He loves the other person perfectly, because He is the way by which we return to our Creator. We are alone because we push others from us. Adam alone in hope, Christ alone in the fullness of Godhood, and we are alone in evil and hopelessness. Adam’s isolation is the single creation segment decreed “not good” (Moses 3:18).Therefore God creates an helpmeet for Adam. He brings His only Begotten home to His presence to reign with His Father as King of kings and Lord of lords. And for us He has given His Only Begotten so that in our aloneness we can be at one again with the Gods. The Lord be thanked for the perfect Atonement wrought by the Perfect Son and Uniter of us all.