Is it me or the Holy Ghost? Quit worrying about it! Elder Bednar

 Elder Bednar 

Full Talk - Listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGS45Fd9nmE

Partial Talk - Read

https://www.ldsliving.com/how-do-i-know-if-its-me-or-the-spirit-advice-from-elder-bednar/s/10515

Is it me or the Holy Ghost? Quit worrying about it! ...Quit analyzing.

Press forward with faith in the lord Jesus Christ. Be a good [person]... keep your covenants and I promise you in the name of the [Lord] that your steps will be guided... and in most instances you'll have no idea why or how you got there.

I love the 80th section of the Doctrine and Covenants, and it’s one of the most obscure sections. It’s a mission call to a man by the name of Stephen Burnett. And in there, the Lord says, “Go to the north, go to the south, go to the east, go to the west, it mattereth not unto me.”

Now, some might read that and say, “Well, the Lord doesn’t care.” That isn’t what He said. What the Lord knows is he’s going to get Stephen Burnett to wherever he’s supposed to be, what Steve Burnett has to do is move his feet, “Now, Stephen, just start moving.”

So it’s not that the Lord didn’t care. It’s that Stephen isn’t in charge. He’s going to be where he needs to be. He’ll be influenced, guided, directed. Sometimes we have expectations and if it doesn’t come when we want, the way we want, we think that the Lord didn’t hear us.

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