Eternal life is to live with our Father and with our families forevermore. Should not this promise be the greatest incentive to do the best within our reach and give the best of ourselves in pursuit of what has been promised to us?
President David O. McKay said that the rich rewards come only to the strenuous strugglers.
The command to become perfect, as He is, encourages us to
- achieve the best of ourselves,
- to discover and develop the talents and attributes with which we are blessed by a loving Eternal Father, who invites us to
- realize our potential as children of God.
Immediately after teaching that "it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength," King Benjamin indicated that "it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize." God will not require more than the best we can give because that would not be just, but neither can He accept less than that because that would not be just either. Therefore, let us always give the best we can in the service of God and our fellowmen.
"God will not require more than the best we can give because that would not be just, be neither can He accept less than that because that would not be just either." We must do our best because the Lord knows what we are capable of doing, more than we know what we are capable of doing. When we ask for His guidance and counsel, we will be capable of doing even more.
ReplyDeleteRead mom's quote. My thoughts: don't be lazy. be anxiously engaged in a good cause. "Let us do the best we can and each day be a little better." I remember President Hinckley teaching this principle. (and pres. monson at the close of this conference.) It is a good motto to live by, in every aspect of our lives.
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