Thursday, July 19, 2018

D&C 50:45-46 -- On Meeting God in Person

"And the day cometh that you shall hear my voice and see me, and know that I am.
Watch, therefore, that ye may be ready. Even so. Amen."
D&C 50:45-46


The idea of physically being able to meet God is really overwhelmingly cool, and we learn here (and elsewhere in the gospel) that someday that time is coming.  These verses encourage us to get ready for that time.

I think the idea here is one of hopeful expectation rather than dread, although I suppose that we could feel differently about the event depending on how we feel about God and about ourselves... but if we do fear the idea at all, getting ready for it is an even better idea.  I think part of that preparation would be the spiritual basics: prayer and scripture study.  Prayer because that is the staple of learning to communicate with God, and how even in the beginning we speak to God, and scripture study is how we learn about him and the way that he can speak to us, even before we are able to discern answers to our prayers.

Today, let's remember that someday we are going to be back in the presence of God.  Let's make sure that for us that will be a great day.  Let's prepare by learning more about God, and also doing more to learn to be the kind of people that we want to be for eternity.

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