Dear all,
This week, we saw many mighty miracles! The work continues to move forward!
One night, I had a few extra minutes before I went to bed, and I decided to use them to do a little scripture study (because that's my favorite thing!) I found myself reading in 2 Nephi 27. My tired eyes skimmed the page, and rested on a line in verse 20 I had marked a little while back:
"I am able to do my own work."
Then again in verse 21:
"I will show unto the children of men that I am able to do my own work."
This caught my attention. As a missionary, I am engaged in the work of the Lord; the work of salvation! Yet, we are told right there in the scriptures that the Lord can (and does!) do His own work! If He really wanted to, the Lord could just appear to the entire world and tell them where they need to go and what they need to know in order to receive salvation.
He is very capable of doing His own work, yet He allows us to do it.
There is a line in Preach My Gospel that has stood out to me since the very first time I read it:
"As the Lord's servant, you are to do His work in His way and by His power" (pg. 97).
I think about this daily. Am I doing the Lord's work in the way that He would do it if He were in my shoes?
There's a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 3 that I absolutely love:
"The works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught...
"Remember, remember that it is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men" (D&C 3:1,3).
The work of the Lord will not be frustrated, only the work of men. I have to constantly ask myself: "Am I doing the work of the Lord or the work of Sister Waite?"
A few verses later, the Lord says:
"Behold, thou are [Sister Waite], and thou wast chosen to do the work of the Lord" (D&C 3:9).
I am a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, called of Him by prophecy and revelation, and assigned to serve in the Texas San Antonio Mission.
I have been sent to teach repentance and baptize converts. This is who I am, and this is why I am here!
I have been chosen to do the work of the Lord!
That night as I studied, my eyes wandered to the previous column, where I read these words:
"... in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth Him good will He establish His word..." (2 Nephi 27:14)
How grateful I am to have been counted worthy to be a witness who seemeth my Lord good. How grateful I am that He planted a seed in my heart that sprouted as I walked home from the Harold B. Lee Library one October afternoon over one year ago.
The work of the Lord is perfect. His purposes are sure.
Yes, the Lord is able to do His own work. But oh how great is the wisdom of the Lord in allowing us to be His instruments.
Love,
Sister Waite
