Knowledge comes as God chooses to reveal it
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At the April 1994 general conference, Elder James E. Faust — then
of the Quorum of the Twelve and now second counselor in the First
Presidency — spoke of a couple that he and Elder Spencer J. Condie of
the Seventy met up with in an airport some years earlier. The couple had
spent a lifetime of service, meekly, faithfully and effectively trying to
build up the Church in many places in the world.
Elder Faust said that Elder Condie commented on the service the couple had given: " 'Isn't it remarkable what people with five loaves and two fishes do to build up the kingdom of God?' "
Elder Faust cited the account of the "great company" that had gathered
to hear Jesus, and how the Savior took five loaves and two fishes,
"blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set
before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all
Elder Faust said, "Subsequently their hearts were hardened in that they forgot the divine mission of Jesus, 'for they considered not the miracle of the loaves.' (v. 52.)
"In our time, we seem to have forgotten the miracle of the five loaves and the two fishes in favor of the miracles wrought by the mind and hand of men. I refer to the marvels of modern transportation and the increasing sophistication of all scientific knowledge, including the new electronic highway. We have forgotten that this amazing knowledge comes to mankind only as God chooses to reveal it, and it should be used for purposes nobler and wiser than mere entertainment. This knowledge permits the words of the prophets of God to be bounced off satellites hovering over the earth so it is possible for much of mankind to hear their messages.
"With this great knowledge has come also some skepticism about the simple and profound eternal truths taught in the miracle of the loaves and of the fishes — namely, that God rules in the heavens and the earth through His infinite intelligence and goodness."
