Day 51 Awake: Becoming Your Best Savory Self
Show Notes
Join Allen Roberds for a reflection on 2 Nephi 8:9, where the ancient call to "Awake, awake" invites listeners to discover their most savory and impactful selves. This episode explores what it means to consistently bring your best version to all aspects of life, fostering spiritual awakening and growth inspired by Book of Mormon teachings.
Key Points
- Allen Roberds discusses 2 Nephi 8:9, "Awake, awake, put on strength," as a profound call to personal spiritual awakening and renewed vigor.
- Listeners are prompted to visualize and embody their 'best savory self,' applying this peak potential to daily tasks, relationships, and responsibilities.
- The phrase 'awake, as in the ancient days' is interpreted as an invitation to recall and draw upon past moments of personal strength and divine connection.
- Explore how stepping into uncomfortable 'growth zones' can awaken new parts of oneself, leading to greater excitement and expansion.
- Understand that the Lord supports you as you strive to awaken your potential and engage more fully in His work, helping you become more savory salt.
Wake up, Allen. Get out there. Get after it and know that the Lord is going to support you as you do his work.
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Full Transcript
In Matthew 5:13, Jesus tells his followers that they are the salt of the earth, and in the same sentence offers a warning that savorless salt is good for nothing. Join me in an attempt to be savory salt as I share each day one verse of scripture and one small thought. Perhaps this small daily emphasis can lead to greater savor in your life and ultimately you and I can be savory salt.
Hello, my friends and family, wherever you're listening from. Thank you for joining me and know that I'm cheering for your every success. Welcome to day 51.
We are continuing our journey of our 365 days, reading the Book of Mormon a little bit each day. And today we jump into 2 Nephi 8, first half of the chapter, verses 1-13. This is Jacob continuing his discourse a little bit on some of the Isaiah chapters.
And we're going to take a look today at verse nine inside of these. Now, this Isaiah chapter for me had several verses that I thought, "Wow, I can relate to this one, I can relate to this one." But I settled on verse nine for a specific reason. I think it's worth diving into together.
So let's take a look at verse nine here. He says, "Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab and wounded the dragon?" Now, you're like, "Allen, you know, I didn't see that one coming." I thought I was looking at a couple of different verses here that I maybe understood, but I love the front end of this one.
The call to wake up is a powerful call from the Lord and from the Lord's prophets. We've had our prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, give us several things over the years that are kind of wake-up calls a little bit.
I don't know if you remember the one—his call to action to take your vitamin pills and be ready to go, right? I think there's a call here to wake up. But when I think about what does that mean for me?
I mean, I feel like, "Hey, I'm reading my scriptures today, I'm saying my prayers today, I go to work, I go do my things, I'm with my family." What's the call to action there? And I think what I settled on that I wanted to share with you today was the idea of "Awake." Let's do just a quick activity. Now, if you're driving and listening, please don't follow along with this activity, but I want you to just pause and think—maybe even close your eyes—and kind of get the image of when you're at your best.
What does it look like when you're at your best? When you're doing everything, you just feel that that is you and it's the best version of you possible. Now, what would that look like if you brought the best version of you all the time to everything you did?
What does the best version of you look like in every class that you attend if you're going to school? What is the best version of you look like when you show up to work and you're around your coworkers? What is the best version of you look like when you're driving in your car?
Going from A to B destination, whatever it is. I think the call to awaken here, and I think it's interesting, he says here, "Awake, as in the ancient days." I know he's using a reference here to the Old Testament, and Rahab and the dragon are both references to Old Testament stories, but I love the idea of this "awake as in the ancient days." Think back to a time where you've been the best version of yourself. And then, what does that look like now?
If you were to put it into the context of savory salt, what would the best version of me look like to be just a little bit more savory? What do I need to bring into my life that awakens a new part of me? Maybe gets me a little bit excited about a project?
Maybe gets me into my uncomfortable zone, my growth zone? It pushes me out to expand my horizons just a little bit. That gets me excited.
And as I read this verse, that's what it says to me. Wake up, Allen. Get out there.
Get after it and know that the Lord is going to support you as you do his work. That's all I have for today, my friends. Remember that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass.
Keep it small, keep it simple, and always seek to be savory salt. I'll be here tomorrow. I hope you are too.
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