Elder Henry B. Eyring in his book titled “To Draw Closer to God” shared:
“One time when I was serving in the Presiding Bishopric, I had a remarkable week during which we were dealing with a series of tough problems. I met with the first presidency four or five times during that week, and each meeting I was supposed to suggest answers to some very, very hard problems. In every instance, I felt the hand of heaven touch me and guide so that I knew what to say. In one case the First Presidency even confirmed that my proposed solution was what needed to be done. That’s a wonderful feeling, and I started thinking that things were rolling along pretty well in my life.
Then I came home, and my wife and I got into a conversation about some problem that she and I were working on at the time. During the conversation I expressed my opinion a little too forcefully, as if I knew the answer and there didn’t need to be a lot more discussion. I immediately felt the Holy Ghost leave the room. I was about to leave for a stake conference, and I was almost frightened because I knew I could do no good without the Lord’s help. So on that stake conference trip I began to analyze what had gone wrong, and I suddenly realized that you can have a trial of your faith from success. I had thought I had been doing wonderfully well, and that led me to act as if I were someone special—to act in a way that grieved the Holy Ghost.
If you’ll remember that the key to not being diverted from serving God is humility, then you’ll understand that some of those days when you thought things were going badly were a great blessing. You might not of sought them, but if you react to such days by recognizing your dependence on God, you could actually be in a better situation than if everything had gone extremely well. Too much success, in fact, could lead you into a more difficult trial because it could make you arrogant.~Henry B. Eyring, To Draw Closer to God (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997), 84-85
