1 Nephi 17:1-6
I have been pondering these verses and comparing their journey from Jerusalem to our journey from fence into the chaplaincy. We felt to sell the business and move forward, willing to leave Middleton. Nephi’s family was in the wilderness for 8 years. We have been in school for two years. Nephi landed in Bountiful. It looked like it could have been their promised land but the Lord wanted them to keep going. I am wondering if the military is our final destination or not. Do we go into the chaplaincy in hospitals, universities, or get a doctorate and teach. Into my mind came many pieces of guidance and the interview we had with Elder Robert S. Woods. He counseled me to become an expert on the Trinity. Maybe I am to enter the world of academia. Teach at one of the universities. I am not sure. But we move forward, “not knowing beforehand the things which [we] should do” (1 Nephi 4:6).
If we are keeping the commandments and following in the direction we feel He has counseled us to go then we can press forward with faith and trust in Him that He will provide for us (see 1 Nep. 17:3; 3:7; 7:12). Of course, sometimes we are moving forward not knowing exactly what He wants us to do but we are using our agency to build our families and Zion. In this path, we can be assured He will guide us down the path He would have us go. We felt that course correction and then the option to follow His new direction or not when I went to DyC 126. He will never take away our agency, even though there are certain things He would prefer that we do. There comes a point in our lives where He does not just want us to be duty bound but do things because that is who we are and we want to build others, the kingdom, and share the gospel with as many as possible.
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