"The Go To Guy"

Our Mission President is into sports.  A real movie was made about him and his soccer team.(Forever Strong). So it's understandable when he talks in sport story mode. When he talks about Joseph Smith he asks, "How could the Lord choose a 14 year old boy?"  Then he explains, "The Lord didn't see a 14 year old boy.  He saw a "Go To Guy".  The guy you know you can trust in a pinch to do exactly what needs to be done."

 When you consider that we lived forever before we came here to earth, and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ knew Joseph Smith there, it is easy to see that when they looked at him they didn't consider his age at all.  In infinity numbers are irrelevant.  What they saw was their  "Go To Guy".

So what do they see when they look at us? We may exhaust ourselves with fear, anxiety, distractions, and doubts but we want them to know that we WILL do what they ask. The Prophet Joseph Smith said we were ordained to our earthly callings in the Grand Council of Heaven. Whether it is as a missionary, teacher, Bishop, Young Women's President, home teacher or whatever, the Lord knew who he would call and to where.

So we have to be alert.  If someone offered you a cigarette right now would you go out and smoke it?
No.  So Satan doesn't waste his efforts there.  He will come after us with one of our personal weaknesses.

And so Heavenly Father gives us help.  Whenever we want to talk to him we can pray.  Whenever we want him to talk to us we can open the scriptures and receive answers. We can live so that we are worthy of revelation in our lives. Elder Bednar says revelation can come quickly like turning on a light.  Or slowly like the sun rising. Or even like being in a slight fog where you need to take a few steps in faith. Ponder, move forward,and we can say, "If this is a wrong decision or the wrong choice let me know.  Otherwise I will go ahead." He will always be watching over you.

President Monson says he wants to say to Heavenly Father, "I am Tommy Monson and you can trust me."
Now that is a "Go To Guy."  What we do for, and give to, Heavenly Father shows our love for him. He asks for all we have and in return he gives us all he has.  As the Lord comes to trust us, we can also become his "Go To Guy".