"Behold, this is your work, to keep my commandments, yea, with all your might, mind and strength.
Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.
But now hold your peace; study my word which hath gone forth among the children of men, and also study my word which shall come forth among the children of men, or that which is now translating, yea, until you have obtained all which I shall grant unto the children of men in this generation, and then shall all things be added thereto."
Doctrine and Covenants 11:20-22
There are several things that I like here. One is that is a work to keep the commandments, and it is worth our time and our effort to focus on that. I also think that it is important to spend time obtaining God's word. Obviously we shouldn't use that as an excuse to keep our mouths shut, but this is good advice from God that we should really study, think about, and absorb the gospel before we jump into explaining things that we don't really understand yet.
It's also important to listen when God tells us to hold our peace. :) Even when we are trying to do something perfectly good for all the right reasons, sometimes our timing is off, and the Lord tells us to wait. When he does that, let's remember that is okay. There are plenty of other good things to do, and it doesn't hurt to prepare a little bit more. :) Learning patience will also help us. :)
Today, let's make sure that we focus on our work: putting effort into keeping God's commandments and into obtaining the word of God. As we do that, then we will see opportunities for more, but these are things that are always worth some time. :) When God asks us to slow down and focus, then let's let patience have her perfect work (James 1:4) and hold our peace... literally working on being at peace and taking the time to dive deeper rather than being anxious to move on to the next thing. :)
Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.
But now hold your peace; study my word which hath gone forth among the children of men, and also study my word which shall come forth among the children of men, or that which is now translating, yea, until you have obtained all which I shall grant unto the children of men in this generation, and then shall all things be added thereto."
Doctrine and Covenants 11:20-22
There are several things that I like here. One is that is a work to keep the commandments, and it is worth our time and our effort to focus on that. I also think that it is important to spend time obtaining God's word. Obviously we shouldn't use that as an excuse to keep our mouths shut, but this is good advice from God that we should really study, think about, and absorb the gospel before we jump into explaining things that we don't really understand yet.
It's also important to listen when God tells us to hold our peace. :) Even when we are trying to do something perfectly good for all the right reasons, sometimes our timing is off, and the Lord tells us to wait. When he does that, let's remember that is okay. There are plenty of other good things to do, and it doesn't hurt to prepare a little bit more. :) Learning patience will also help us. :)
Today, let's make sure that we focus on our work: putting effort into keeping God's commandments and into obtaining the word of God. As we do that, then we will see opportunities for more, but these are things that are always worth some time. :) When God asks us to slow down and focus, then let's let patience have her perfect work (James 1:4) and hold our peace... literally working on being at peace and taking the time to dive deeper rather than being anxious to move on to the next thing. :)
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