Imagine the most successful person in the world. Now that person probably doesn't know who I am or even care. But imagine if he did know who I was, and even cared about me. Imagine that He cared about me enough that he came to me and said "Aaron, I'm going to take you under my wing and teach you what I know. I'm going to help you become as successful as I am so that you too, can become like me. If that happened, how willing would I be to take that person up on their offer? Of course I would drop everything and say "Yes, teach me. I will do it."
I would visit that person at their office or home as often as needs be and take studious notes. I would be willing to sacrifice what I'm currently doing, forget about what I currently know about being successful and pay full attention to what this person had to say.
At church today I was reminded that I do have someone like that. God, our Heavenly Father loves me and cares about me so much more than any other person on this planet is capable of loving. He cares about me because I am His child, His offspring. He is also the most powerful, successful and all knowing person in existence and He is my Dad. And He wants to take me under His wing. He wants me to be successful, and not just to a certain degree, but He wants me to be as successful as He is.
That being said, how willing am I to give heed to what He is telling me? How willing am I to make the sacrifices necessary to obey what He wants me to do. Only He has the perfect perspective on life. Only He truly knows where I'm headed and what will make me the happiest, truly happiest, in this life. Yes, He knows what will make me happiest in the long run and He knows why I'm here and what I've come here to learn.
He says to each of us to come to Him with a Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit. In other words, "come ready to learn". Come ready to change your life. Trust in Me and I will make you into something you can't even imagine right now. I will give you a level of happiness far greater than you can experience right now.
Why should we trust in Him? Well, because He loves us. I would place that kind of devotion to just anyone. I would have to know that they have my best interest in mind. Father does love us. He loves us so much that you could say that He is Love. In order to come unto him, it doesn't require any sort of cult following, or to drop everything and go join the first church you see. All it requires is that you talk to Him. Just talk to him. He is waiting. He is the anxious parent waiting for his son/daughter to call and ask for help. Only then can you see what I mean.
