We live in a day of confusion, even chaos. Everyone is searching for truth on a host of subjects—but how can anyone know? And what do we do when our search for truth goes beyond what can be googled or found in a science book? 

We would do well to follow the Lord’s inspired counsel: when we have a question, we should seek trustworthy sources, study it out, and ask in prayer. 

In the early 1800s many people were endeavoring to discern truth from error and Wilford Woodruff was one of them. While attending one of many revival meetings, he listened in vain for something that rang true to him. When congregants were invited to stand and speak, he did so with the words, “Why do you not teach the people those principles that the ancient Patriarchs and Prophets taught while they were clothed with the revelations of God?” The preacher’s reply revealed a different mindset: “My dear young man . . . These things were given to the children of men in the dark ages of the world . . . Today we live in the blaze of the glorious gospel light, and we do not need those things."

The Lord also helped Oliver Cowdery understand this process when He said, “Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it to you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right” (Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–8). 

When we don’t know what to do, whether Church related or not, we can actively seek out trusted sources, diligently study, and then make it a matter of prayer.