Have you ever gotten a specific, heavenly prompting to do something that wasn’t even on your radar?⁣

I was recently thinking about a time when I was NOT looking for a new job.

But I WAS looking for some more fulfillment in my life. ⁣

A random job opportunity popped up.

I browsed through the application information out of curiosity. ⁣

And suddenly, I knew that I needed to fill out that application.

I got the job.

And that job completely changed the trajectory of my life in the best way possible.

I had been praying for more fulfillment in my life…

And God knew exactly how I needed to get there.

No matter how random it may have seemed.

But it took faith to follow those out-of-left-field promptings!

The brother of Jared had been praying for his family and friends to be spared from having their languages confounded.

And pretty shortly after, the Lord told him:

“Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built.” (Ether 2:16)

How do sincere prayers for protection and freedom turn into commandments to build barges?

God knows.

Only He knows.

And the brother of Jared had the faith to follow the direction!

Do we have the faith in Jesus Christ to follow the promptings we receive, even when they don’t seem to match with the questions we had in the first place?

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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4 Responses

  1. I pray to have the faith like the brother of Jared. I actually fought promptings for a few years to go into teaching as a second career. I followed the promptings to further my education but I did NOT want to teach. Lo and behold everything unfolded in such a way it fell into place and I was questioning how did this happen exactly? Teaching for 18 years and going. Hard but He had a purpose for that career path.

  2. The barges took them to a place of protection and freedom….prayers answered. Now move on to “building the faith” to follow through.

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