Junior Ganymede
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You Can Just Do things, Mission from God Edition

February 04th, 2025 by G.

D&C 4

Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;

For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;

And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.

Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.

Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.

D&C 6

Yea, whosoever will thrust in his sickle and reap, the same is called of God.

To be called by God to do a divine work, all you have to do is want to.  All you have to do to be called to do it is to do it.

The qualifications are not skills or competencies or connections.  They are just (1) doing it and (2) trying to be virtuous and (3) asking for help in prayer.

Missionary work is the divine work par excellence but so is anything, even wealth or learning or, whatever, building a dam, if you hearken unto God and have a holy purpose in doing it.

You can literally just do things.

 

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February 04th, 2025 07:33:54
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Zen
February 4, 2025

Just to emphasize your point, section 4 was given to Joseph Smith, Sr, who was not called to a mission, and who did not serve a mission. He simply wanted to serve God.

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