A week or so ago, I was reading in ‘Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service’ in the first chapter under the ‘Power and Authority of Your Calling.’ A quote by President Spencer W. Kimball struck me and a few days later hit me even harder.
“The setting apart may be taken literally; it is a setting apart from sin, apart from the carnal; apart from everything which is crude, low, vicious, cheap, or vulgar; set apart from the world to a higher plane of thought and activity. The blessing is conditional upon faithful performance.”
In our callings, we are set apart from the world by priesthood authority that we might have the powers of heaven with us to help the Lord do his work here upon the earth. In the book of John, Christ asks Simon Peter “Lovest thou me?” three times, and each of the three times Christ commands him to feed his sheep.
As I thought about these two things and the sheep of the Lord, I feel the importance of how we live our lives. It is only through exact obedience that we can have the powers of heaven unto the salvation of men.
“And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me…
“And now, me beloved brethren… God will show unto you, with power and great glory at the last day, that they (His words) are true, and if they are true has the day of miracles ceased?” (Moroni 7:33,35).
God will give to you mighty miracles if you will set yourself apart from the world and live up to the standard He knows you can. Yours is the power to give “a well of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14). Just remember that everything comes line upon line, precept upon precept. One step at a time; not in leaps and bounds, but in steps.
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