USING YOUR LIFE'S ENERGY

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S ENERGY?

Each person only has so much energy in any given day to use. This energy varies from day to day and from individual to individual. This energy for life comes from Heavenly Father through the light of Christ.

"...This is the light of Christ. As also he is the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made."
"And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understanding;
Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space---
The light which is in all things, WHICH GIVETH LIFE TO ALL THINGS, which is the law by which all things are governed..." (D & C 88:7, 11-13).

FOR WHAT ARE YOUR SPENDING YOUR LIFE'S ENERGY?

1. To grow spiritually and become like Heavenly Father?
2. To develop the mind of Christ?
3. To think, feel, act, and vote as they He would?
4. To develop the capacity to love God, self and others with God's perfect love?

Do you use your life's energy to obtain possessions? To raise a family? To relate to your spouse? To increase your happiness in the home? To build a business or ear a living? To obtain knowledge? To get your "to do" list done? To exercise, eat, sleep or watch TV?

Our life's energy is like money. We only have so much of it, but we can decide ahead of time where we want to spend it. That is, one can decide ahead of time how and what he will do with this energy. He can focus it on one item or he can choose to use it on several items throughout any given day. He can also let the demands of this temporal world decide what he will use hi life's energy on. One can decide to sit and do nothing, mentally or physically, but when one does, the energy is still used up. One's life energy cannot be saved or accumulated. Each new day we receive so much energy to use as we see fit.
Our objective here in this life is to find out how the Savior recommends we use our life's energy to bring peace to us in this life and use it to qualify for Eternal Life in the next life.