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Continue ShoppingThe Time the Lord Told Dallin H. Oaks: "You’re wrong. Get out of the way.”
President Dallin H. Oaks once told an experience had in his late 20's when he was a new 2nd Counselor for the Stake Presidency.
In one of the first meetings he attended, the stake president indicated a stake center needed to be built to accommodate the large number of units in the stake.
The stake president suggested the stake center could be located in the western suburb of Naperville and asked what his counselors thought. “The first counselor said he thought that was a good idea,” President Oaks recalled. “And I said, ‘I think that’s a bad idea.’”
After a few minutes of discussion in which President Oaks outlined his concerns with the location, the stake president invited his counselors to pray about the decision and plan to talk about it at their next meeting.
“The instant I put it before the Lord,” President Oaks said, “I got as strong an impression as I’ve ever had: You’re wrong. Get out of the way.”
“The purpose of the council was to introduce a subject and to stimulate me to prayer, and with the benefit of revelation, I came in line,” President Oaks said. “We had what the Lord wanted — unity — and a stake center was built. And yes, you’ll find it in the western suburbs of Chicago. It’s not where I thought it ought to be, but it’s where the Lord wanted it.”
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments!
TJ Nichols
Jul 19, 2021
I would have to say, that Chicago is a gate, for the Lord to take people home, since 300 people per weekend is the stat, for getting shot, according to Fox News.
Diane Godbout
Jul 19, 2021
The Lord is never wrong.
Michael Lee McKee
Jul 19, 2021
Having read this brief account of the current First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it was a powerful reaffirmation to me of why I firmly and resolutely sustain him and those others with whom he serves. He is, in my opinion, exactly where the Lord wants him to be at this time.
TONI MANN
Jul 13, 2021
I’m sure the Lord would not have bothered informing President Oaks about the correct location of the stake house unless God knew that President Oaks would listen to His verdict and obey. Kudos to President Oaks for obeying the Word and for being a humble and knowledgeable leader.