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Does God have faith in us?

Joseph Smith said, in his Lectures on Faith, second lecture:

2 We here observe that God is the only supreme governor, and independent being, in whom all fulness and perfection dwells; who is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; without beginning of days or end of life; and that in him every good gift, and every good principle dwells; and that he is the Father of lights: In him the principle of faith dwells independently; and he is the object in whom the faith of all other rational and accountable beings centers, for life and salvation.

And He has seen the end from the beginning (seen us do it!), so, why don’t we believe Him?  The perfect, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God of the entire Universe has absolute and total knowledge and faith (because we haven't chosen to act, yet...) that we will do the things that He has told us we'll do, and yet we still don't believe him.  Why would we be so obstinate, so unbelieving, so untrusting, or so faithless in Him, the Father of Lights and the One being in whom all perfection dwells?  Why not be energized that He has seen us do it (in His minds eye) and trust that He knows what He's talking about?  Why doesn't that just spur us on to do the thing that He knows we can do?  Are we claiming to be smarter than Him?  Or, do we just not believe Him?  Either way, that doesn't seem very wise of us... does it?

I love you,

Josh

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