A common theme woven throughout The Book of Mormon is the need to seek and ask for blessings in prayer before they are granted. It seems to be an eternal principle that links faith with receiving blessings in this life. This is demonstrated in the first portion of a dream Lehi had, a dream referred to as "The Tree of Life." The Lord had so much he wanted to show Lehi. But to get the ball rolling, so to speak, Lehi had to figure out on his own that he needed to pray and ask for something more. How did this happen in this particular case? He suffered in darkness until the thought to pray finally occurred to him. The blessing was then rapid in coming:
1 Nephi 1:7 And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste.
8 And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.
9 And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I beheld a large and spacious field.
10 And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy.
LESSON LEARNED: Faith, and the subsequent need to ask for blessings, is an eternal principle. It is repeatedly taught to the reader by example throughout The Book of Mormon.
FEEDBACK: WHAT BLESSINGS HAVE COME TO YOU ONCE YOU FINALLY SOUGHT THE HELP OF THE LORD THROUGH PRAYER?
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