Not a Whit Behind

All through the scriptures, there are accounts of ultra-righteous people. People like Nephi, who was given the sealing power, who called upon God to place a famine in the land in the hopes that there could be an end to the destruction of the people through bloodshed.

The famine came, people were humbled, and there were many who repented. Nephi, seeing that the famine had worked, asked the Lord to remove the famine, and it was removed.

When we were introduced to Nephi, we were also introduced to Lehi, his brother. Their father, Helaman, made a big deal about both of them, and how he named them after Lehi and Nephi who left Jerusalem, who were righteous men. He wanted them to be like those men, so he told them whenever they think about their names, they should remember their namesakes, so they could remember to be righteous as well.

Then, Lehi sort of falls off the radar a little bit as we follow Nephi and his experiences. Sometimes in the scriptures, this happens and we never hear more about that person. Luckily, in this case, we get the opportunity to find out what happened to Lehi. Or at least, how he turned out.

"And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind him as to things pertaining to righteousness." (Helaman 11:19)

I think it's important to remember that Nephi was blessed by God and given the sealing power. He was told (basically) that the Lord trusted him and that he wouldn't ever ask for anything contrary to what God wanted anyway. I feel like this also would apply to Lehi based on this passage of scripture.

Lehi and Nephi went on to do a great many things, preaching the Gospel and performing miracles.

I think I would do well to learn from them and study their habits and their lives and truly become the kind of man who the Lord could say that He knows I wouldn't ever ask for anything more than what He would want me to. I've got a pretty big list of things I need to do before I would have that level of trustworthiness with the Lord. Time to work on it!