“The Lord Did Prosper Them”
We do not prosper ourselves; we do not, as the humanist affirms, pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. It is true that we must work and labor and strive to do our best. We must do our part. But whenever we obtain blessings, whenever we are prospered, it is because God Almighty has elected to give us those blessings. (Indeed, we are indebted to him for every breath we take—see Mosiah 2:21.) Those who acknowledge his hand in all things (see D&C 59:21), who in gratitude and humility offer “credit where it is due,” tend to avoid the perils of the prosperity cycle.
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