"Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those things which thou hast done; for I have beheld how thou hast with unwearyingness declared the word, which I have given unto thee, unto this people. And thou hast not feared them, and hast not sought thine own life, but hast sought my will, and to keep my commandments.
And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will."
Helaman 10:4-5
Here, Nephi is given close to limitless power... whatever he says will happen, does. Now, of course, it is still the power of God that makes everything happen, so God could theoretically revoke those powers, but he's granting them here specifically because he knows that Nephi won't abuse the power granted. Nephi's goals and God's goals are the same.
We're all children of God and theoretically we could all have that kind of power, but we fall short in that whole united purpose thing. And probably in lots of other ways as well, but you know, we have to start somewhere. :) Nephi was dedicated to helping people see the truth of God, and his power, and urging them to repent, and those are things that we can learn to honor in our lives as well, finding ways to get God's message out there, and help others who have questions. Today, let's think of ways that we can be like Nephi, and be more on the same page with God than we have been before. We likely won't get this level of power anytime soon... maybe not even in this life, but hey, we have eternity before us. :)
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