36 That the arights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be bcontrolled nor handled only upon the cprinciples of righteousness.
I've been thinking about this scripture over the last week, and pondering on what it means in my life right now. My mission president always reminded us of the principle: Few are called because they are more worried about the world than they are about eternal matters. Because of this, they are in a sense denied of the full power of the gift of the Holy Ghost.
There are some wonderful people we are working with and we had tickets for them to go to conference this weekend. I couldn't go because of a previous engagement so I was looking to give someone else an opportunity for some missionary work. Almost without fail each person I asked wasn't busy until I asked them to take some people to conference.
Why do we deny ourselves of the blessings? Why are we so worried about something that will be there later in the day? Something we can do next week? But this moment for someone to be somewhere and to feel the spirit only comes once, and perhaps may never come again?
I am struggling to understand why we are so willing to put the things of the world over the things of the spirit, eternal things. This is not to say I am a perfect person by any means because I sure have my faults. I think of the statement from King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon to his people:
" For the anatural bman is an cenemy to God, and has been from the dfall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he eyields to the enticings of the Holy fSpirit, and gputteth off the hnatural man and becometh a isaint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a jchild, ksubmissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father" (Mosiah 3:19).
The natural man is an enemy to God unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit... How is it then that we can have the Holy Ghost more prominently in our lives? Heavenly Father taught us in D&C 121 that the powers of heaven, the Holy Ghost, comes on basis of principles of righteousness. Setting our hearts on the things of the world will not get us the power that we need and/or should be seeking. King Benjamin taught us that we become a saint through the Atonement of Christ, becoming as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, and willing to submit to all.
"Behold, there are many acalled, but few are chosen."
I've been thinking about this scripture over the last week, and pondering on what it means in my life right now. My mission president always reminded us of the principle: Few are called because they are more worried about the world than they are about eternal matters. Because of this, they are in a sense denied of the full power of the gift of the Holy Ghost.
There are some wonderful people we are working with and we had tickets for them to go to conference this weekend. I couldn't go because of a previous engagement so I was looking to give someone else an opportunity for some missionary work. Almost without fail each person I asked wasn't busy until I asked them to take some people to conference.
Why do we deny ourselves of the blessings? Why are we so worried about something that will be there later in the day? Something we can do next week? But this moment for someone to be somewhere and to feel the spirit only comes once, and perhaps may never come again?
I am struggling to understand why we are so willing to put the things of the world over the things of the spirit, eternal things. This is not to say I am a perfect person by any means because I sure have my faults. I think of the statement from King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon to his people:
" For the anatural bman is an cenemy to God, and has been from the dfall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he eyields to the enticings of the Holy fSpirit, and gputteth off the hnatural man and becometh a isaint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a jchild, ksubmissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father" (Mosiah 3:19).
The natural man is an enemy to God unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit... How is it then that we can have the Holy Ghost more prominently in our lives? Heavenly Father taught us in D&C 121 that the powers of heaven, the Holy Ghost, comes on basis of principles of righteousness. Setting our hearts on the things of the world will not get us the power that we need and/or should be seeking. King Benjamin taught us that we become a saint through the Atonement of Christ, becoming as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, and willing to submit to all.
"Behold, there are many acalled, but few are chosen."
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