When you put the Lord first, everything else will fall into place

             When you put the Lord first, everything else will fall into place. As Ezra Taft Benson once said; "When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.” I learned this very fully this week when doing school work. I’ve made it a goal that throughout my college career I would never study or do homework on Sunday. It comes with challenges, but I’ve found that when I just put in a little extra effort to do all my homework and studying on Fridays and Saturdays, I have plenty of time to complete them and don’t need to do school work on the Sabbath day. In addition to that, I had an important biology test on Tuesday. This test is the last test before the actual final and would have a big impact on my grade. When sitting down with all my materials to study, I could distinctly hear a voice in my mind saying:   “Index first.”
          I made a face. “Index first? What? I need to study for this test!”
         The thought was persistent. “Seriously. Index first, then study.”        “Okay!" So I went about indexing and enjoyed myself doing it, then went to studying.  The next day after taking my test, I received my result. I got a 98%!! 98 out of 100! I also had the highest score in the class (in addition to the other people who also received the same score). I felt so grateful and it really made me think about the concept that when we put the Lord first and keep his commandments, He will help and guide those who obey Him in all things. Even in something as temporal as a biology test. If it is important to us, it’s important to Him. If we do our part, He will always do His.