God’s power co-exists with his character; it only exists in those who share his character, and to the extent they do. Can you do what God does? If you find yourself unable to do what you sincerely believe the Lord would in your place, you are either incorrect in what he would do, or too different from him in character to accomplish it. Either way, you should assume that your understanding of what is good is equally different from God’s as your power is from his.
Footnotes
- 1. And he did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come in his glory—yea, even all things which should come upon the face of the earth, even until the elements should melt with fervent heat, and the earth should be wrapt together as a scroll, and the heavens and the earth should pass away; (3 Nephi 26:3) ↩
- 2. ...believe that [God] has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend. (Mosiah 4:9) ↩
- 3. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. (Job 40:2) ↩
- 4. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9) ↩