"And whoso taketh upon him my name, and endureth to the end, the same shall be saved at the last day."
3 Nephi 27:6
The idea of taking on God's name is an interesting one. Names can be a big thing, and they tell us a lot about who we are. Having God's name be our name is a huge thing symbolically, and also literally, always reminding us that we are the children of God, and what that means about our eternal potential. It's something that also signifies a connection and a commitment, as we see with many traditional naming practices at birth and at marriage, showing a connection by blood or oath in that way.
Taking God's name is something that we symbolically commit to at baptism, casting off our old lives and committing ourselves to God. We also promise this when we take the sacrament each week, renewing that original commitment to remember God, to take Christ's name upon us, and to obey his commandments. This verse alludes to the same things--"enduring to the end" basically means never giving up on our commitments to God.
We probably could all improve our dedication to this idea in our lives. In a real sense when we commit ourselves to God we are living in large part for him, letting go of the bad parts of ourselves and committing to become better according to his pattern--losing ourselves to find ourselves in a way. We give up our will and trying to control our own lives without God, which invariably fails at some point, and in return God gives us back our lives, much improved and with the added aspect of hope, which is something that we can't have without him.
Today, let's take a look at our commitment to God, and reaffirm it. Let's endure in hope, looking forward to being saved, and to the happiness that God has in store for all of us.
3 Nephi 27:6
The idea of taking on God's name is an interesting one. Names can be a big thing, and they tell us a lot about who we are. Having God's name be our name is a huge thing symbolically, and also literally, always reminding us that we are the children of God, and what that means about our eternal potential. It's something that also signifies a connection and a commitment, as we see with many traditional naming practices at birth and at marriage, showing a connection by blood or oath in that way.
Taking God's name is something that we symbolically commit to at baptism, casting off our old lives and committing ourselves to God. We also promise this when we take the sacrament each week, renewing that original commitment to remember God, to take Christ's name upon us, and to obey his commandments. This verse alludes to the same things--"enduring to the end" basically means never giving up on our commitments to God.
We probably could all improve our dedication to this idea in our lives. In a real sense when we commit ourselves to God we are living in large part for him, letting go of the bad parts of ourselves and committing to become better according to his pattern--losing ourselves to find ourselves in a way. We give up our will and trying to control our own lives without God, which invariably fails at some point, and in return God gives us back our lives, much improved and with the added aspect of hope, which is something that we can't have without him.
Today, let's take a look at our commitment to God, and reaffirm it. Let's endure in hope, looking forward to being saved, and to the happiness that God has in store for all of us.
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