07/07/2025
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“If you want to get revelation, do your homework.”
Those were the wise and loving words President Harold B. Lee once shared with me when I was earnestly seeking to understand how to receive answers to my prayers.
The Savior taught the same principle to Oliver Cowdery and to you and to me when He said:
“Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me.
But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right” (Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–8).
The words “study it out” mean a degree of patience, of labor, of persistence.
When I seek guidance from the Lord, I often begin by asking in prayer, “Heavenly Father, is this what the Lord would have me do?” And then, I will wait upon Him until I know. Then I might say, “Please, while I am working at it, can I remember that I am doing it for the Lord?”
I promise you that if you will be patient and diligent, you will have a blessing come to you that you will know that you are doing what the Lord would have you do. He will answer your prayers for help beyond your human understanding.