Are We Not All Beggars?

A prayer is really a plea. It's a chance for us to ask for the help we so desperately need. It's a chance for us to beg for the forgiveness we need to be made whole again. It's a chance for us to not only be grateful for the blessings, but a chance to plead with our Heavenly Father to continue to bless us with them. It's a chance for us to beg for the strength to overcome temptation and valiantly fight this war with sin and darkness. 

With that beautiful opportunity, we recognize or dependence on our Heavenly Father and on His Son. Does this not make it easier to follow them?

Think of it this way: You are on a hike. The trail is steep and perilous. The night is dark. Unseen dangers lurk all around you. Miraculously, you've been blessed with a guide that knows this exact trail. He alone knows how to bring you through the darkness and deliver you safely home.

Would you follow him?

Now think about your life. You don't know exactly what trials and tribulations this life will hold for you. You don't know how to get through them. Neither do I. But He does. We would be utterly lost in despair without the divine aid of our God. The reality is that most people don't sense the dependency. And those who do often forget. We cannot do this alone. Prayer is a chance to remember.

Mosiah 4:19 For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?