Today I read Joshua 10 where Joshua and Israel conquer most of Israel. This chapter contains the famous miracle of the Lord stopping the rotation of the earth to lengthen out the day so the children of Israel could defeat the combined armies of five cities. If I had been someone on the other side that day, I think I would have been even more afraid of the fact that the sun was not going down than I was of the armies of Israel. Although, I'm not really sure how cognizant of time one would be in the middle of a battle.
If the children of Israel had ever doubted that Joshua was a prophet, this day should have dispelled those doubts forever! It's so interesting to me. In the Old Testament and the New Testament too, the mark of a prophet was what miracles he would perform in the name of God. In our day, I'm not sure I've heard of a modern prophet doing any miracles at all. Joseph Smith did quite a few, but starting with Brigham Young, beyond the gift of prophecy, I can't think of any miracles that any of the modern day prophets have done. And yet I have not the slightest doubt in my mind that each of them was a true prophet of God. Does that mean we, as a society, have outgrown the need for "proof" that one is called of God? Or are we more spiritual that we can rely on the quiet testimony of the Holy Ghost to convince us that President Monson is called of God? Personally I think the latter is the case. Few things are as clear as a testimony from the Holy Ghost and that is by design. Heavenly Father always follows His pattern and if we can recognize what that pattern is, we will always be able to know His will concerning us. Until tomorrow.
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