Everything that ever came to be was made for a reason, and to fulfill a purpose. Every person that ever lived or ever will live has a specific and unique mission. Do you believe that of yourself?
When thinking about your mission, do you separate your career and other temporal aspirations from your personal development? You shouldn’t. Your purpose and mission overlap into all parts of your life, temporal and spiritual. The Lord knows the directions you need to take to become who He would like you to become.
Can you recognize what your gifts are? Listing the positive traits one possesses can be uncomfortable. For this reason, many don’t realize what they truly have to offer this world. So much focus is put upon position and highly compensated vocations. In my Career Exploration class, we have been taught to view our future work as a way to provide service to the world. We will be serving our best if we recognize our gifts and the things we truly desire out of life. The Lord knows us best, and as we fulfill our mission of becoming like Him, He will lead us and give us the assurance that our decisions, temporal and spiritual, are pleasing to Him.
If you want to feel guided by your career decisions, your lifestyle, your family’s pattern of life, your economic decisions, and every other choice you’d ever need to make, then seek the Lord. He cares about all of it. All of these things bring purpose to your life. Keep the commandments, and feel the peace and direction that the Lord has promised us.
1 Nephi 17: 13 “And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led.”
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