Hey everyone!
this week has been a good one. We have a baptism coming up this Saturday for a investigator that his been meeting whit missionaries for 4 years! It will be a really special baptism to be able to see all his missionaries and members of the branch to come together and watch this baptism. We just need to keep on putting in the work to make things happen and to find those individuals that surely have been prepared! I have been seeing the lords hand in our daily efforts alot more. The key is simple. We just got to let him and trust him.
My thought for the week has to do with revelation and stewardship. We have been encouraged by our prophet to seek personal revelation. This is a great skill to begin to develop in our spiritual lives the important aspect however is knowing the boundaries of our stewardship when seeking this personal revelation. Sometimes we or the church will receive revelation that is contrary to what we might think it should be. A classic example is when Nephi felt he needed to kill Laban. I find this statement from President Benson very insightful.
“1. What do the standard works have to say about it? ‘To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them,’ said Isaiah. ( Isa. 8:20.) …
“We must diligently study the scriptures. Of special importance to us are the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. …
“2. The second guide is: what do the latter-day Presidents of the Church have to say on the subject—particularly the living President? …
“There is only one man on the earth today who speaks for the Church. (See D&C 132:7; 21:4.) That man is [the] President [of the Church]. Because he gives the word of the Lord for us today, his words have an even more immediate importance than those of the dead prophets. When speaking under the influence of the Holy Ghost his words are scripture. (See D&C 68:4.) …
“The President can speak on any subject he feels is needful for the Saints. …
“3. The third and final test is the Holy Ghost—the test of the Spirit. By that Spirit we ‘… may know the truth of all things.’ (Moroni 10:5.) This test can only be fully effective if one’s channels of communication with God are clean and virtuous and uncluttered with sin” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1963, 16–17).
We are entitled to receive revelation to move forward the work of salvation... but how often do we us that revelation... are we willing to put in the spiritual work necessary to do so?
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