If anyone knows me, they know I love the game of Rugby! I love to tackle people and I love the competition, but the main thing about it is I love how unified of a game it is. In order to compete at any level, you team needs to work together in harmony to accomplish the common goal, to win the match! When all the players are on the same page and work together, it is much more effective and can compete against teams that may have more skill or talent. As a team, you strive to be ONE, each player has his own purpose that he needs to fulfil. No single person can cover all positions, each person is left to rely fully on each other player to do what they are supposed to do. When people are careless, they can be penalized putting the team in a worse position to win. But when everyone does their job they really become ONE as a team.
The parrallels between this and Heavenly Fathers plan is striking! He has asked us to be ONE. John 17:21-22 states
So how exactly are we to become ONE? We must remember our goal, Life Eternal. With that goal in mind, figure out where your role is in Heavenly Fathers plan. When we recieve callings, magnify them. When someone is in need, help them. Uplift, inspire and remove any hate or malice from your heart. Hate and contention will drive the Spirit away and in sports, when there is contention in the team, you don't trust eachother and don't play effectively. Everyone on the earth is on the SAME TEAM! President Uchtdorf said in a General Conference address "When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges or wanting to cause harm — please apply the following: Stop it!" When we can move past all of those negative feelings and work together against the REAL adversary, the world will be a better place and it will make it easier for all of us to reach our eternal goal! So let's win the game, work together, love one another, and become ONE.
The parrallels between this and Heavenly Fathers plan is striking! He has asked us to be ONE. John 17:21-22 states
"That they all may be ONE; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be ONE in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be ONE, even as we are ONE" (emphasis added)
Here, Christ is addressing His Father in Heaven concerning the apostles to become ONE even as He and the Father are ONE. We know that He is one with the Father in purpose, mindset, Spirit, Priesthood, the list goes on and on. He wished for His disciples to be that way and wishes for each of us today to be that way as well. So how exactly are we to become ONE? We must remember our goal, Life Eternal. With that goal in mind, figure out where your role is in Heavenly Fathers plan. When we recieve callings, magnify them. When someone is in need, help them. Uplift, inspire and remove any hate or malice from your heart. Hate and contention will drive the Spirit away and in sports, when there is contention in the team, you don't trust eachother and don't play effectively. Everyone on the earth is on the SAME TEAM! President Uchtdorf said in a General Conference address "When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges or wanting to cause harm — please apply the following: Stop it!" When we can move past all of those negative feelings and work together against the REAL adversary, the world will be a better place and it will make it easier for all of us to reach our eternal goal! So let's win the game, work together, love one another, and become ONE.
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