2 John 1:8-9 -- On Avoiding Spiritual Losses

"Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son."
2 John 1:8-9


This is a good reminder to be careful not to lose our blessings by stumbling off the Lord's path, and that it is very easy to lose our connection with God if we go astray.

It reminds me of Alma 12 10-11 which explains that if we are open to the word of God that we will keep learning until we know all of God's mysteries, but if we harden our hearts that the progression goes the other way, and we get a lesser portion of the word "until [we] know nothing concerning his mysteries" (Alma 12:11).

I think that means that losing what we have is a very real possibility, not just physically but spiritually, if we don't work to maintain that connection with the Spirit. I find that frightening, because it seems like forgetting who we are. And I think sin can do that... and if we follow that path we can become people that we don't want to be.

Today, let's look to ourselves by evaluating our lives and making sure we are headed in the right direction. Let's work on maintaining our connections with God so that we don't lose what we already have, but instead build on what we have and become better.