2.340 Hardly Logical, and That's Just Fine with Me
Show Notes
Join Allen Roberds on the Savory Salt podcast as he delves into Ether 3:4, exploring the Brother of Jared's journey and how he sought an "illogical" solution for lighting barges. This reflection highlights why true miracles often transcend human logic, inviting listeners to embrace faith when facing challenges that defy conventional understanding.
Key Points
- Allen Roberds reflects on Ether 3:4, focusing on the Brother of Jared's challenge to light the barges for his people.
- The Brother of Jared proposed an "illogical" solution to the Lord, demonstrating faith beyond human reasoning.
- The episode emphasizes that genuine miracles frequently operate outside the confines of human logic and predictability.
- Listeners are encouraged to leave purely logical approaches behind and exercise faith when seeking divine intervention for their challenges.
- Discover how trusting in God's ability to provide "illogical" solutions can open the door for miracles in your own life.
The Brother of Jared is going to leave logic behind and ask the Lord for an illogical solution, fully believing that the Lord can deliver it, because he knows the Lord can do whatsoever he will for the benefit of man.
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Full Transcript
In Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth, a bold reminder that our lives are meant to carry his flavor, his truth, and his love to the world. Join me each day to explore one verse of scripture and one thought, striving to stay full of savor and truly live as savory salt. Hello, my friends, it's great to have you with me.
Today let's be anxiously engaged in a good cause and bring to pass much righteousness. "Hardly Logical, but That's Going to Be Okay with Me." We're reading this week Doctrine and Covenants sections 137 to 138 as well as Ether chapters 3 through 7. We're going to dive into Ether chapter 3 here. There is a lot going on in the book of Ether.
The chapters move so quickly, and there are so many chapters that are going to be some great Moroni moments in here. So I hope you enjoy the readings of them as we're going to be limited just in terms of selections really through the rest of the Book of Mormon here. But Ether has so much happening.
So if you, if you want to dive into, we're typically familiar with what happens here with the Brother of Jared. And if you're not, go ahead and dive into the reading, but he's faced with a challenge, a difficulty. How am I supposed to light these barges, these boats that we're going to be in for this long time?
And then he comes up with a solution that's really, especially in that time, really not logical. He's got the verses preceding this. The Brother of Jared's actually asking for an apology from the Lord before he even asks for the miracle.
Because he's like, look, we're limited in what we can come up with, but in our own limits, here's what we present to you. The thing I love about this is the Brother of Jared left all logic behind. And miracles don't tend to follow the line of logic.
If you've ever experienced one, if you've ever been part of that in your life, they are in windows of time that couldn't possibly happen unless it's a miracle. And that's exactly the message that I pulled from Ether 3:4. The Brother of Jared is going to leave logic behind and ask the Lord for an illogical solution, fully believing that the Lord can deliver it, because he knows the Lord can do whatsoever he will for the benefit of man.
My friends, if you need a miracle in your life and the Lord has left you to think through it, to wrestle with it, to find a solution for it. If you're stuck in finding solutions that are all entirely based on how you think it should happen. That's all for today, my friends.
Lift up your hearts and rejoice. Cleave unto the covenants you have made and together we will be savory salt. For more information, visit us at www.fema.org.
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