Did you know that God sent you forth on Earth with a grand mission. Do you know what your mission is? Everyone’s mission is different, and all are important. Our infinitely loving Father in Heaven provides angelic assistance. As we listen and obey the still small voice of the Spirit, we learn of our mission. We learn that we are helping his Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven. We are helping the Kingdom on earth move toward heaven’s perfection.
In pre-mortal time our infinitely loving Heavenly Father gave us our life’s plan. We helped choose the plan that would best help us get back home to Him. We knew there that life’s challenges were growth opportunities, and surprisingly, we chose them. The Lord has asked us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” This request has far-reaching implications. The Kingdom of Heaven is perfectly organized to help us. The Lord’s angels are ever ready to respond to our prayers—ever respecting our free choice. As we reach out in humble-sincere prayer, they are there to help us fulfill our missions.
Jordan Peterson Fulfilling His Mission
On March 5th we went to listen to Jordan Peterson at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. I believe Jordan Peterson is doing a good job in fulfilling his mission. There were probably fifteen thousand people enthusiastically there to hear him speak. Jordan’s wife introduced him, and her loving and enthusiastic spirit came through. They shared a clip of how Jordan and his son have created this program to better help people communicate. It is called, “Essay.” Family is most important to Jordan–to be a good father and husband.
Jordan shared the story of Abraham and made a profound point about Abraham’s life. As Abraham trusted in God and looked up to Him in all he did, the amount of good coming from his life is beyond comprehension. His offspring are now a blessing to all nations. He left his father’s idols and wealth and followed God’s guidance. He was humble and kind and serving—opening his home to strangers. His life reminds me of the scripture in Alma that I paraphrase here: “Look to God and live your incredible-unfathomable missions.” (Alma 37:47)
He is about the truth and lives what he teaches. He has impacted for good a countless number of lives. Professor Christipher Kaczor has written a book, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life: He discusses the “Jordan Peterson phenomenon.” Jordan is getting over a hundred million views on his YouTube videos. He has over a million followers. He is appealing to young people. Wherever he goes in any country, people come up to him and tell him how their lives have changed for the better. His philosophical biblical insights are profound and bringing people to God; to truth; to responsibility; to being intelligent contributors to a better world. He has several profound books. He takes his wife, Tammy, with him when he travels.
Different Talents and Gifts
Each of us is given different gifts, talents, and abilities. Our Creator made us to be creators. Magnifying those as we exercise faith in Him is our grand opportunity in our mortal journey. We will have joy in our journey and bear the fruit of love, service, creativity, and blessings to others. That joy is best magnified, as we lose our life for Him in unselfish service. Do what we do with an eye single to God. This is living the perfect and divine law of love. In the ideal ZION society, everyone will each use their time and their different talents optimized for the good of the whole. This society is coming, and the main motivation there will be the pure love of Christ.
As past major examples, Noah had never built an ark before. Nephi had never built a ship before. Instructed on high, they did what seemed impossible to those around them. As we trust in the Lord, miracles will happen, and we will see His loving hand in our lives. Our creative abilities will be amplified. As we pray, we tap into the Lord’s omniscience, helping us to do what may seem impossible. As we do our best, the Lord will do the rest. Faith in Him can literally move mountains. As we do His will rather than ours, we often see unexpected results and blessings beyond what we may have anticipated.
Comparing ourselves with others is fruitless. The Apostle Paul says it well:
“We must not be conceited, challenging one another to rivalry, or jealous of one another. If a man should do something wrong, my brothers, on a sudden impulse, you who are endowed with the Spirit must set him right again very gently. Look to yourself, each one of you: you may be tempted too. Help one another carry these heavy loads, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. If a man imagines himself to be somebody, when he is nothing, he is deluding himself. Each man should examine his conduct for himself; then he can measure his achievements by comparing himself with himself and not with anyone else. For everyone has his proper burden to bear.” (New English Bible, Gal. 6:1-5)
All of us are nothing compared to God. But in Him, we can do all things good. As He asked, “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33).” In so doing, we are helping Him build His Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven.
Prayers and Gratitude
We learned a very valuable lesson from our departed and dear friend, Rebecca Lee. She taught us that after saying her evening prayers, she goes to bed in a spirit of gratitude. She thinks of all those things she is grateful for. This peaceful mentality puts her mind in a receptive mode. Often, in the early morning hours, she would receive guidance. She would get up and write down whatever came to mind. The next morning, she would often be impressed with what the Lord had shared with her. We have a copy of her journal entries in that regard, and they are inspiring. Her love and fulfillment of her mortal mission are amazing to all who knew her.
I have made this a practice—going to bed in a spirit of gratitude. Many of the impressions I have received from the Lord have come in those early morning hours. As an example, recently, I was pondering about the importance of our intelligence. Over the next several days I received some wonderful insights. Therefore, I updated the following blog article to share what God taught me: The Glory of God is Intelligence.
The best thing we can do during our mortal missions is to use all dimensions of our Divine intelligence to choose to pattern our lives after the Son of Righteousness—Jesus the Christ. Elohim is Righteousness in all dimensions of infinite love, goodness, and all the characteristics of godliness. As C. S. Lewis aptly says, as we follow Christ, we become “Little Christs.” Jesus said, that as we lose our life for Him, we will find it. This means surrendering our will to the will of God. Living the perfect Law of Love is where the joy is. This path is the most fulfilling, because of God’s infinite love for each of us. It is the path to the greatest happiness here, and a fullness of joy in the eternities: eternal life. What is better than life with God?
Christianity Explodes
After Christ’s resurrection, Christianity exploded across the then-known world. Christians were greatly motivated to share with the world what they were enjoying in the peace and love of Christ. Still today, two thousand years later, there are more Christians than any other religion. The King James Bible has been printed ten times more than any other book—over two billion copies. It has done more good in the world than any other book. Jordan Pederson does a great job pointing out how important the Bible is. He shares how it is both a most valuable historical and religious document, but also a fundamental message of what life is all about.
Now there are thousands of Christian churches coming out of the great apostasy that occurred during the Dark Ages. In Zeno’s allegory of the olive tree, he described it as “all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.” (Jacob 5:30) I find the Eastern Orthodox Church the closest to the original; they baptize by immersion and value the Bible greatly.
We see a fundamental need for the restoration of the original gospel and Church. How blessed we are to live in the Dispensation of the fullness of times (Eph. 1:10) as prophesied by Paul. And, to know that all things will be restored (Acts 3:19-21) before Christ comes again, as prophesied by the Apostle Peter.
Impact of Christianity
Look at how Christianity has impacted music, art, science, mathematics, symbology, and glottology, the list goes on. The greatest scientist in history is Sir Isaac Newton. In his testimony of the Bible, he says, “We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.” And “No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible,”
During the Renaissance, all the early scientists were devout Christians. The Bible had more impact on the founding documents of the USA than any other book. With the invention of digital computers, fractal geometry was discovered: God’s beautiful mathematics was hidden therein. The Allan variance unveils spectral colors in noise. The Lord says all things testify of Him, and if we look, we see that is true. (Moses 6:63)
Messianic Jews
The number of Messianic Jews is increasing rapidly. There are now over 350,000. Most don’t realize that all who accept the Messiah (Jew or Gentile) will make it into the Millennium (Terrestrial Kingdom). All who reject the Messiah will be “cut-off from among the people” (JS-H 40) at His Coming. They will have to wait until after the millennium for their final judgment. They then will see God’s perfect plan and bow the knee in gratitude. Through the Lord’s infinite atonement, they will be placed where they will be the happiest. This is shown in the Newark, Ohio, earthworks mapping out the plan of salvation, and the perfection of God’s Plan.
In the infinite and perfect love our God, we will be where we will be the happiest in the eternities. Working to fulfill our life’s mission will bring us there. We will be judged by our thoughts, and words, and deeds.
The Blessings of the Lord
In the infinite love of God, there are degrees of glory. The blessings the Lord has in store for celestial folks are most inspiring. We cannot imagine a better plan. Their promises and great blessings are listed in Doctrine and Covenants 76:50-70 for the righteous. They are “made perfect” through Christ’s “perfect atonement.” In the End-Times, they are promised “the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded (1 Nephi 22:22). They are pure in heart and shall see God. Being of one mind and one heart, they will be in the ideal ZION society. They will be part of the Bride to meet the Bridegroom at His Coming. It is exciting to know we can be part of it.
David W. Allan
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