The best motivation we can have for following the Savior and keeping His commandments is love for Him.
We can sometimes let activities and traditions become an end in themselves if we forget the Christ-centered reason that may have initiated them.
We may feel or think {prophetic} invitations are another thing we need to add to our to-do lists, simply because we were invited or asked to do it. But could there be more to it?
Pondering over this and all the invitations we had received, I recalled something that I learned and decided long ago. I am trying to do these things which are essential to me because I love Him; I love our Savior. This is the real and most powerful reason why I do what I do, and then connected with this is my love for you, my fellow brothers and sisters.
Why we do anything will help determine how committed we are to doing it.
It is interesting that sometimes because we have consistently done things to the point that they have turned into traditions, we allow these traditions or activities to dictate our efforts to build faith in Jesus Christ. It seems that we do these things because we have done them for many years, without considering their impact on our covenantal connection with the Savior.
When you set a goal to read the scriptures, offer sincere prayers, or prepare an activity for your family or ward, is the real goal simply to accomplish these tasks? Or are these actions the means, the tools at your disposal, to achieve the true goal? Is the purpose merely to hold an activity because we have done it for many years and then check the box that we have completed it? Or, once again, are these the means we use to learn, to feel, and to connect with the Savior?
The true goal should always be to learn, to feel and to connect with the Savior.
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