2.117 There Was No Contention Among All His People

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth, a bold reminder that our lives are meant to carry his flavor, his truth, and his love to the world. Join me each day to explore one verse of scripture and one thought, striving to stay full of savor and truly live as savory salt. Hello, my friends, great to have you with me.

Today, let's be anxiously engaged in a good cause and bring to pass much righteousness. Can you imagine for just a second there was no contention among all your people? Let's take a look and wrap up this week inside of our Book of Mormon readings.

We've been doing Doctrine and Covenants sections 37 through 40 as well as Mosiah chapters 3 through 7. And as I got into choosing one final verse for this week, I wanted to choose something from chapter 5 and then I wanted to get into chapter 7. But I realized last season on Savory Salt, I never shared a verse at all from Mosiah chapter 6.

And so that is where our verse is going to come from. But please enjoy these chapters. There is so much to pull from these chapters and apply in our lives.

In Mosiah chapter 6, we see the back end of King Benjamin's talk. We see the results of it. The people have bought in.

They've taken their names. They're part of the Church of Christ. They've taken his name upon them.

And then we have King Benjamin die, and his son Mosiah reigns in his stead, right? He takes over as king. And we get this cool insight to King Mosiah in Mosiah chapter 6 verse 7.

It says this: "And King Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And he also himself did till the earth, that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people, that he might do according to that which his father had done in all things. And there was no contention among all his people for the space of three years." Did you catch Mosiah and what he was doing there?

One, he was following the example of his father, which tells us what King Benjamin had done as well: worked side by side with his people. And it made me think about times where leaders work alongside their people. Like, where have I seen that?

Where have I experienced that? And an example that came to mind for me was Winston Churchill during World War II. I just stay at a simple, rather than giving you like the whole, you know, context around it or whatever.

It's kind of a cool story for me. I'm a fan of Winston Churchill. I think he's one of the reasons why World War II results were what they were.

And during the time that London was experiencing very intense bombings, Winston Churchill, as the leader, right, the man that's supposed to direct everyone in Great Britain, would ride in the underground to and from his offices. He'd ride amongst the people. He'd listen to what they were saying and talking about.

He listened to their fears. And then he would get off, and many times after the bombings, he would walk the streets and begin to help pick up bricks from the buildings that had been bombed the night before. And the people saw him, and they came out of the woodwork and started to help clean up as well.

There seems to be something interesting between the idea of no contention and unifying around a cause. The cause that we're called to unify around, even in our readings in Doctrine and Covenants. And so I think there's an interesting connection and lesson for us that we can take from that.

Perhaps it's an interesting connection for us to be one with Jesus Christ and His True Church. And so I think there's an interesting connection and lesson for us that we can take from that. Perhaps it's an opportunity for us to look around.

If there is contention, and there certainly is in our world, perhaps it's an idea for us to consider what we are willing to unify around. I mentioned it before, and I mention it again: "As for me in my house, we will serve the Lord." My friends, I hope that you can find in the service of the Lord, no contention among your people as well. That is certainly a goal worth striving for, and it's an opportunity for all of us to see and consider in our lives the direction and the purpose that we are unifying around.

That's all for today, my friends. Lift up your hearts and rejoice. Cleave into the covenants you have made, and together we will be savory salt. For more information, visit www.fema.org.