Lessons from 1 Nephi 2:1-5

1 Nephi 2:1-5

* When you receive a commandment from the Lord, OBEY! It protects you; it protects them; it teaches your family the principle of obedience; and it is a living testimony to them of your faith in the source of that commandment.

As a fun side note, I think it is interesting that the phrase, "was obedient" in verse 3 might be read two different ways. First is that Lehi "obeyed" wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him. And second is that Lehi "was by nature an obedient person," wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him.

If we are familiar with this story, we know that Lehi's obedience here quite literally SAVES his family. How often do we receive instruction that will be vital to our own family's salvation? Are we willing to obey like Lehi?

* Sometimes you will have to figuratively (or literally) leave behind everything familiar to you and depart into the "wilderness" so that you can obey the Lord and save your families. (Examples might include homes, money, time, careers, passions or habits.) You should not be so attached to anything that you can't drop it when and if the Lord tells you to leave it behind. Your families are more important than any of the other stuff you think you can't sacrifice.

* Lehi left behind nearly everything, but he took his FAMILY with him into the wilderness, so the lesson here is that if you really love your families, you will not be content to merely save yourselves. You will want to take your families with you!