When Nephi and his brothers returned from Jerusalem with the brass plates, they all rejoiced because of their safe return, offering sacrifice and praising God for this. The very next thing that Lehi did was he went and studied them.
He discovered that they contained some of his family history, as well as many sacred writings, including the 5 Books of Moses, and some other prophets. So essentially, this was the scriptures. Lehi studied them carefully. The scripture I quoted is the result of that study. When Lehi studied the scriptures, he was filled with the Spirit.
I know that the scriptures are true, because the Spirit has told me so. Since one of the primary jobs of the Spirit is to testify of truth, when you read the truth from the scriptures, the Spirit will be right there testifying. A couple of posts ago, I wrote about acting on the Spirit, and how in order to do so, you need to become familiar with the way that the Holy Ghost communicates with you. One way to keep the Spirit in your life is to do things on a regular basis that help you have the Spirit. One of those things you can do is take the time to read study, and ponder the scriptures very day. I have not always been the best at this. Right up until after my mission, I had a very good habit of making sure I did this. Life happens, though, and I let things get in the way sometimes, and that habit kind of faded. I am trying to build that habit back up again, because I notice a difference in me when I am not studying the scriptures regularly. One of the purposes of this blog, in fact, is to try to improve my habit of reading, studying, and pondering the scriptures every day. Yes, I expect that I won't be perfect at this. I have already missed quite a few days since I started it, but in reality, I'm still doing better than I have for quite some time.
Here's to moving in the right direction.
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