And I KNOW that thou wilt...

Helaman 11

Why is it so hard to just trust and believe that God will do what He says He will?
Is it my 'impatience' for His timing that makes me doubt?
Do I not really believe He will do what He says?
Somewhere along the road did something happen that made me not trust Him anymore?

I think my most favorite thing about the scriptures is that we can rely upon others' experiences to help us to believe in Him.

Here in this chapter, Nephi is asking the Lord to do all these things...
"...let there be a famine in the land..."
"...turn away thine anger..."
"...hearken unto me..."
"...send rain upon the face of the earth..."

...and then he says, "...AND I KNOW THAT THOU WILT...".

That keeps playing over and over in my head.
Do I know that He "wilt"?
I think I have too many doubts.
I need to pray that I can trust Him.
I need to believe that He will do what He says He will do.
Send blessing He promised He would send.

I think this is one reason why people fall away so fast. They stop believing that He has the power to do everything...that he is all-knowing, all-powerful...they start to doubt that power. And stop believing in it.

And then they think they can do it all on their own.
At least, that's why I fall sometimes...