"And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given."
Mark 4:24
I like this idea of sort of a self-service life. As we take actions in our lives, we will have those types of actions returned. General restoration/Karma idea there. What we give out comes back to us. The additional idea here is that the more we learn, the more additional things we will unlock to be able to learn. This is a familiar idea as well, basically that we need foundational knowledge before we can move on to the more complex ideas... 101 classes, then 201, or elementary school before high school... in 2 Nephi the Lord tells us "I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more..." (2 Nephi 28:30), I think cementing the idea that eventually we will be able to learn high spiritual things like parting waters, moving mountains, walking on water, but that we have a lot of basics to learn before we get there. :)
Now, of course, when I say self-service I don't mean to leave God out of our lives. He set up the laws of this life/world, and those laws will still work to a certain extent without his direct intervention. We can all learn and build up karma--but of course prayer and scripture study, both basic forms of communication with God, are also on the list of things to learn and good things to build up. The more that we learn about God, and learn *from* God, the more potential there is for additional lessons and better returns, as we learn to give more, we will be able to get more... really to *be* more, and to give more to the world.
Today, let's measure more good and hear more truth... learn and be and grow in our connection with God, so that we can grow "in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52; 1 Samuel 2:26).
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