“Invite Christ to Author Your Story,” For the Strength of Youth, Nov. 2021.
Sunday Morning Session
Invite Christ to Author Your Story
Excerpts
I testify that the Savior is “the author and finisher of our faith” [Hebrews 12:2]. Will you invite Him to be the author and finisher of your story? …
The sublime principle of agency does, of course, allow us to write our own stories—David could have gone home, back to tending sheep. But Jesus Christ stands ready to use us as divine instruments, sharpened pencils in His hand, to write a masterpiece! …
… Letting God prevail, letting Him be the author and finisher of our stories, does require us to keep His commandments and the covenants we have made. It is our commandment and covenant keeping that will open the line of communication for us to receive revelation through the Holy Ghost. And it is through the manifestations of the Spirit that we will feel the Master’s hand, writing our stories with us. …
Why do we want the Savior to be the author and finisher of our stories? Because He knows our potential perfectly, He will take us to places we never imagined ourselves. He may make us a David or an Esther. He will stretch us and refine us to be more like Him. The things we will achieve as we act with more faith will increase our faith in Jesus Christ. …
We will be judged by our book of life. We can choose to write a comfortable narrative for ourselves. Or we can allow the Master Author and Finisher to write our story with us, letting the role He needs us to play take precedence over other ambitions.
Let Christ be the author and finisher of your story!