Thoughts on Trek Part I

Thoughts on Trek, Part I - Go to Work
A few words I wanted to share with our group but couldn’t find the source while on the trail: I later found the quote from Elder Christofferson in 2014 General Conference that I had in mind. You may recall his funny story about the man who wouldn’t accept personal responsibility. When offered corn while on the way to his grave because he refused to feed himself, he turned it down because the husks were not removed. Right after that, Elder D. Todd Christofferson had this to say: “It is God’s will that we be free men and women enabled to rise to our full potential both temporally and spiritually, that we be free from the humiliating limitations of poverty and the bondage of sin, that we enjoy self-respect and independence, that we be prepared in all things to join Him in His celestial kingdom.
I am under no illusion that this can be achieved by our own efforts alone without His very substantial and constant help. “We know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.” And we do not need to achieve some minimum level of capacity or goodness before God will help—divine aid can be ours every hour of every day, no matter where we are in the path of obedience. But I know that beyond desiring His help, we must exert ourselves, repent, and choose God for Him to be able to act in our lives consistent with justice and moral agency. My plea is simply to take responsibility and go to work so that there is something for God to help us with.”
https://www.lds.org/…/10/free-forever-to-act-for-themselves…
We have to do something if we wish for God to help us. We will never see miracles playing video games and bingewatching Netflix. Trek was something hard that required help and so the evidence of His assistance can be more evident. Our Father wants us to grow and to become. We have to learn to want the same thing.