Unfortunately, forgetting God in the day that He delivers us is all too common. It's easy to turn to God for help when we need it, but it's harder to remember to turn to God in thanks when things seem okay. Even shortly after we get relief from a problem, it's easy to sit back and enjoy the relief instead of thanking the One who made it possible.
Perhaps that's part of why it's important to pray daily, in good times and bad. That way, we stay in regular communication with God, whether we need His help at that moment or not. When we need special blessings, we can pray for them in our daily prayers, and when we're doing alright, we can thank God for that in our daily prayers.
It's important that we don't only turn to God when we need Him. It's important to Him that we remember Him, thank Him, and turn to Him every day, on good days as well as bad ones. We need daily reminders to maintain a close relationship with God, even when we're doing alright. That's the lesson the Nephites seemed to keep forgetting. Let's hope that we'll be wise enough to remember it.
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