Response to 1 Nephi 11:17

A little while ago I tweeted 1 Nephi 11:17 to correlate with something I had posted here on this blog: "I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." When I was on my mission, this was one of my favorite scriptures to share with people. Sometimes there simply aren't things that we know or understand. But it is enough to know that God loves us.

In response, @Maserati_SMI brought up 2 Nephi 32:3-5:

Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.

Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.

For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.

 In other words, we may not know everything -- but ultimately we do know the things that we should do. Maserati_SMI explained that as an MTC teacher, missionaries would ask how they could tell the difference between emotions and the Spirit. The answer? Are there things you should be doing that you aren't? Start doing them, and the Spirit will become more discernible.

As Maserati_SMI pointed out to me, we shouldn't worry about not knowing some things because they simply aren't revealed at this time (see Alma 37:11). But God has revealed enough that we know what we should be doing.

I thought this was a great insight, and a fantastic response to the thought that I shared earlier.