Assisting the Work

And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care. DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 12:8

Each of us is laboring to become a better person day by day We strive to keep the commandments and do the right things, and, perhaps more difficult, to do them for the right reason. But we do not hold back our contribution or refuse to be involved because our hearts are not perfectly pure. Paradoxically, God’s perfect work is accomplished through imperfect people. To assist in the work of the Lord, we do our very best with what we have, always seeking through prayer for a purification of our motives and a gradual endowment of the divine nature. In Doctrine and Covenants 12:8 the Lord sets forth the divine ideal, an ideal toward which we reach all the days of our life. As the years pass and as our souls are slowly but surely sanctified by the Spirit, precious divine qualities, which once existed only in embryonic form, begin to distill upon us, and our labor becomes increasingly effective and lasting. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 44)