Every day we are all faced with important decisions, or choices in front of us. I am aware that the world we live in today is a world that is becoming more and more obstructive. It has been said that a moral blackness is settling in. We need a light to guide us and keep us away from danger.
The Holy Ghost is the light which God gives us to help us make right choices. He is God's Messenger, sometimes referred to as the Spirit. God is not a God of confusion or a God of trickery. Our supreme Creator loves you and me and wants us to have peace, joy and safety that comes from making the right choice by and by. If we follow the Spirit we will always be making choices that God wants His children to make.
I would like to give you a few suggestions on how we can know if we are following the Spirit and making the right choice in life.
First Suggestion
What are the feelings of the Spirit? Paul in the Bible said, "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance" (Gal 5:22-23). These feelings will come into your heart, and your mind and will prompt you to make a certain choice. For those seeking the light and truth of the gospel, they will feel these feelings and can know of it's truth. We all want an enriching life full of joy and peace. The joy we seek is not meant to be temporary. We all are seeking a lasting joy and comfort in life which comes from trusting God and learning of His ways. Follow those feelings and promptings of the Spirit. Trust in God to help you everyday and pray to Him as if everything in your life depends on it, because in all reality it does. I know that is true because I have experienced this in my own life.
Second Suggestion
We must pay attention. One of Satan's tools as an attack on us is to make us so busy that we can not recognize the Spirit because we are caught up in the obligations of life. Paul said, "There are … so many kinds of voices in the world" (1 Cor 14:10). The Spirit's voice is calm and refreshing. The adversary tries to smoother this voice with loud distractions all around us. He attempts to put too many things on our plate for us to handle. We need to prioritize, and put things that matter most into perspective. "And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order" (Mosiah 4:27). Putting God first in life will bring peace, and strength that is needed throughout the day. For me everyday I wake up and pray first and study the scriptures second before I do anything else. I have seen it's effects and there is blessings that come from putting God first.
Last Suggestion
Know that the teachings of the Savior are always the best yard stick to measure your choices by. Even the Savior Himself said, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63). We will feel those same positive feelings of peace, and love, and joy as we listen to and follow the teachings of the Savior. He is the light, and the way! In this day we have a prophet of God on the earth who teaches us the peaceable things God wants us to know about and do. I have followed the prophet and am a witness that his fruits bring the feeling of the Spirit, and I know that if we all hearken to his voice, it would be as if we were listening to God Himself speak to us. As a prophet once said, "chose ye this day whom ye will we serve...but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24;15).
Watch this video of a prophet, several years ago, declaring a lesson he learned to follow the spirit and make the right choice.
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