Faithfulness as Loyalty
I recently revisited the story of Ammon in the Book of Mormon. (For an abbreviated version of this story watch the video above or click here ) and something caught my attention in a new way. In chapter 18, verse 10: 10 Now when king Lamoni heard that Ammon was preparing his horses and his chariots he was more astonished, because of the faithfulness of Ammon, saying: Surely there has not been any servant among all my servants that has been so faithful as this man; for even he doth remember all my commandments to execute them. Lamoni didn't even know about God at this point and his use of the word "faithful" surprised me for a moment. I usually (almost exclusively) hear about faithfulness in a religious sense of "having faith in God", which I currently understand as basically trusing in Him and in His plan and words (which involves knowing Him as He is (not as I think He is or imagine Him to be or want Him to be) so as not to have misplaced faith... another ...