At first, she was obedient because she was fearful not to be then she was obedient because she wanted the blessings and finally, she said, she was obedient because she loved the Lord. One missionary told of her gradual change in nature. We can learn that lesson the hard way or the easy way.Ī change in nature comes when we are obedient, not because we have to, but because we want to - when there is an overarching, burning desire to do the Lord’s will because we love Him. Similarly, life is about what the Lord wants, not what we want, but fortunately what He wants is always what will bring us the greatest happiness in life. There are no exceptions to this consequence. I have never forgotten that - a mission is about what the Lord wants, not what I want.” His companion replied, “It’s not about what you want, it’s about what the Lord wants.” This missionary responded, “I don’t want to.” His companion said to him, “It’s time to get out of bed.” One missionary shared with me that he slept in one morning. That is the key - to cheerfully submit our will to God’s will, however difficult or inconvenient it may be.Ī change in nature comes when we are obedient, not because we have to, but because we want to.
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King Benjamin taught that we transform our natures as we become “submissive, 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). But if we are obedient with a smile we are like Nephi we are on course to changing our nature and thus a sustained lifestyle of righteousness. We are like Laman and Lemuel who had sporadic moments of righteousness, but who could never sustain an enduring lifestyle of righteousness. If we read the scriptures or pray or attend church or are obedient with a murmur, we have only changed our behavior. But if we change our thoughts we have also changed our nature. If we speak good words but entertain bad thoughts, we have only changed our behavior. Only the latter results in permanent change.Īnd so it is in life. If they get up whether or not their companion does, they have changed their nature. because their companion does, they have merely changed their behavior. But if they change their nature they will go home a new man or woman, with the power and discipline to conquer their old Goliaths. If missionaries only change their behavior while in the mission field, then when they return home they will be the same person they were before they left, subject to the same problems that previously plagued them. Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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