Hastening the Work

D&C 88:73 "Behold, I will hasten my work in its time."

D&C 52:43 "But, behold, I, the Lord, will hasten the city in its time, and will crown the faithful with joy and with rejoicing."

Recently there has been a lot of talk about “hastening the work”. I also think there has been a lot of misunderstanding as to what that means. This morning I attended a Stake Priesthood leadership meeting and heard a great definition from our Stake President.

This is a summary of his comments:

“The Lord will hasten His work according to His way, His will, and His time. Man won’t “hasten” His work. When He asks us to hasten the work, He’s not asking us to “lift more” or “run faster”. What IS being asked is that we get our lives in order and in focus. In other words, to focus on the Savior, to purify our own lives and our families. The time has arrived when we can no longer sit idly by and watch. We have to choose whether we are on the Lord’s side or not.”

I felt that was a fabulous description! It’s not whether or not we can actually “hasten” the Lord’s work, it’s whether or not we will procrastinate the day of our repentance or whether we will get our lives in order now. Events are coming which will test each of us and our resolve to serve the Lord. Now is the time for us to get our lives in order and to follow Him.

When we say “hasten”, let’s not waste any more time saying to ourselves, “I’ll fix that soon.”

Today is the day for us to do good, to lift those around us, to help someone in need, to strengthen our resolve to follow the Savior and seek the Holy Ghost!