For a Wise Purpose

Omni 1:26

And now my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.

The highlighted portion is the part I think people, myself included, struggle with. You have a testimony of Jesus Christ and you master fasting and you are pretty good with your prayers...but do we offer our WHOLE SOULS? I think most of the time we offer what's easy. Do we offer to give up our favorite hobby? or friends who aren't great influences? do we offer our pride?

"We must be willing to place all that we have- not just our possessions (they may be the easiest things of all to give up), but also our ambition and pride and stubbornness and vanity- we must place it all on the alter of God, kneel in silent submission, and willingly walk away" -Jeffrey R. Holland.

We must do the work. We must COME unto Christ and WILLINGLY offer our WHOLE souls.

Words of Mormon 1:7

And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.

Another one on faith. But there are several things that strike me about this verse

1. he trusts the Lord completely-he knows he wouldn't ask him to do something that wasn't going to serve a purpose at some point
2. The spirit of the Lord whispers- a still small voice inside that each person must learn to discern, to hear, and to follow
3. Recognizes his own limitations in opposition to the Lord's strength. We as mortals are limited in our scope of knowledge.
4. He is humble and submissive to the will of the Lord. He will do what has been asked and not ask questions even though he does not understand.

Recognizing and trusting in the wise purposes of the Lord would be beneficial for me to practice in my own life.