“Be thou humble and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand and give thee answer to they prayers,” says the Lord. D&C* 112:10. “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest unto your souls.” Matt. 11:29. How does meekness and lowliness of heart bring rest? It brings rest from the posturing, the maintaining of a public face, the worry about what others think. When one senses his great worth to God and seeks not status among men, referring upward for his approval instead, he saves himself great supplies of mental and emotional energy – energy and power to do and to be good, in freedom from fear of man.
Moses was one of the most powerful men to walk the earth and the scripture says of him: “Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.” Numbers 12:3. One of the great secrets of the laws of heaven is that Christ has limitless power to do good, largely because he is humble, meek and lowly of heart, i.e. he seeks not the honors of men.
* Doctrine and Covenants, Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints
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