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You have been "SET APART" to do a particular part of the work of the Church. This position is now yours.  It doesn't belong to anyone else.  No one has a right to do it while you have it.  If you do not do the job, the job will not be done.  This responsibility is not something to be taken lightly.  The Church is injured most by those who say, as did the vine dresser's son,  "I go" but went not.  Had he said, "I go not", someone else would have done the job and no harm would have resulted.

Never accept a position in the church unless you intend to do it with all your heart, on your own initiative.  Don't wait to be reminded or urged.  Once you have accepted an assignment, carry it through as though your iife depended upon it, as indeed it does.

President John Taylor said,  "If you do not magnify your calling, God will hold you responsible for those whom you might have saved had you done your duty."  Who of us can afford to be responsible for the loss of the eternal life of a human soul?  If great joy is the reward of saving one soul, then how terrible must be the remorse of those whose timid efforts have allowed a child of God to be lost.

Never be one of those who say, "I go". but goes not.  There are those who make many promises but falter in every performance.  If they teach a class it will fail.  If their responsibility is to make reports, the reports will be late and inaccurate.  Their enlistment work is never done.  They must be reminded and prepared and coaxed in their most simple duties.  Someone described the efforts of one such as "timid, tardy, torpid and tentative."  Everything their hands touch will show a loss.  Over and over they say "I go", but go not.  The worst blasphemy is not profanity but lip service.

You are a child of divinity.  You have within you the attributes of deity.  Every man or woman is greater, and more powerful, than he or she realizes.  All he needs to do is call that power forth through faithful activity.  But man is not only great because of what he is, but also because of what he may become.

It is hoped that for you to be "set apart" will mean that everyone will be better off because His work was given into your hands.  It is a great thing to be called to the work of the Lord.  We should not only pray to Him for Him to help us do our work, but we should also pray that we may be able to help Him to do His work.

(Our Bishop brought this to our attention....and used it many times for spiritual thoughts during Leadership.....I really enjoy it a lot!)

   Louwanna