The Guidance of a Prophet

I just finished the first book a Nephi a this last week and had some really great experiences. The book of 1 Nephi has some great insights to it. There is part of a verse in the last chapter that really summed up my experience a what patterns I could see this time around of reading 1 Nephi; 1 Nephi 22:20.

"And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people."

A lot of 1 Nephi is about people not wanting to follow the prophets, mostly Laman and Lemuel not wanting to follow Nephi and Lehi because they thought they knew better but even in Jerusalem or the prophecies of Isaiah the people didn't want to follow the prophets and they were or will be cut off from the people of the Lord. It's very interesting to see it take place in our own day and age. We can see clearly the people who don't want to follow the Prophet of God in these days and they end up leaving the Church, rebelling, or in Nephi's words, they are cut off from His people by their own choices. They think they know better then a Prophet, people think protesting, facebook posts, or tweets  will change God's laws just because they think it should be that way. Lehi gives a good example in 2 Nephi 1:19 of what we should do in these situations, "But behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever." When Lehi says this he's talking to Laman and Lemuel and he's telling them to shape up, to understand that they are on the wrong path. He says he fears that the wrath of God shall come upon them and destroy them and as a father he is pleading with them to do better so they will be favored of the Lord, then he says; not my will, but thine be done. I imagine that would be a hard situation for Lehi, but he knows that the commandments are from God and it's our own personal choice to follow them. God's ways are eternal and correct and as long as we follow the Prophet we will be on His side.