The Purpose of Life

So many philosophers, scientists and many other theorists have attempted so many explanations to give purpose to life. In the end a scripture sums up their search most appropriately, "For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it and whosever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it." Intersting enough in my own life I find that this holds very true. As I have sought me own glory, prestige and increase without seeking first the will of Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ his son I have always been so limited in what I could accomplish and the personal fulfillment I received. More importantly I became greedy, selfish, carnally minded, etc. Verses when I serve the Lord and others, then he blesses me with charity. The first critical realization to understanding our purpose in life is to lose ourselves in a search for Jesus Christ. In doing so we will find ourselves. Pratically this involves setting aside our pre-conceived notions of who or what we are. Not letting past choices, habits or defintions of the "way we are." get in the way of the greater light the gospel communicates to us through the Holy Ghost. Next it is very critical that we humble ourselves and establish a daily relationship with Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. Through prayer, scripture study, meditation and pondering of him we learn of him. Then by obeying his commandments and living as he did we listen to his word and become more like him. By doing these simple and yet difficult to maintain things we lose ourselves for Christ sake and therefore find out who we really are. A Prophet from the Book of Mormon named Nephi said it this way, "For the natural man is an enemy to God and has been from the Fall of Adam and will be forever and ever UNLESS he yields to the enticings of the Holy Ghost and putteth of the natural man, and becometh a saint through the atonment of Christ the Lord and becometh submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things as the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him even as a child doth submit to his Father." As we yield and submit we demonstrate the faith, trust and humility necessary to come to know the Savior Jesus Christ as our Elder Brother, our Savior, our Redeemer, our truest friend, truly the Prince of Peace. In the New Testament in John we are told, "And this is life eternal that we might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent. If eternal life is truly to know God and Christ then we must start today by cultivating a daily and consistent relationship with them.