Recently I waxed on about Capt. Moroni. He will always have
my heart. What a great guy!
This week we have studied Nephi (the one from Helaman). When
I was teaching the Book of Mormon course to the youth in our ward in
Fredericksburg, I would always say, “The answer is always Nephi!” Of course, the Nephi who was “born of
goodly parents” was someone from whom we could learn a lot about how to conduct
ourselves in this life. Today I want to talk about the Nephi who lived about
600 years later.
The Lord used a few things to describe this Nephi: Unwearying, sought not his own life but the
will of the Lord, sought to keep the Lord’s commandments. Now, those are worthy
goals for all of us, but, wow, Nephi must have been rock solid! Nephi was
blessed with great powers that were only bestowed upon a few in the history of
the world. The Lord knew that Nephi would not do or seek anything that was
contrary to His will.
So here’s my question:
Could the same ever be said of any of us? Do we strive to do nothing
that is contrary to God’s will? Be honest with yourself. I will give my own
answer: I know that I fall short every
single day. Part of that is I know that I behave contrary to God’s will many
times. How would my experience on this earth be affected if I changed my
direction?
My prayer has been that I can be better at obedience. I will
amend that prayer to becoming someone the Lord can trust will not do anything
contrary to His will. Becoming is an action word. And my prayer will, I hope,
become an action word as well.
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