Day 36

Doctrine and Covenants 4:2 (Part two) "..see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength..." Remember, this is talking to those who "embark" in the service of God. The words "See that ye serve him.." to me is counsel or direction. If we start to serve our God, we better serve Him in a certain way. If we do not do it as directed, will it be counted service in His eyes, since He was the one who gave Joseph Smith this section?

The cross reference of this first part takes us to Acts 20:19. "Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.." The apostle Paul was describing the experience he had while serving the Lord. Of course humility of mind is necessary to serve our Lord. If one isn't humble, how can they serve their Lord?

Then he couples humility of mind with tears and temptations. The temptations came because of those unbelieving Jews. They were "Lying in wait."

Now we get into the "heart, might, mind, and strength." How often is this mentioned in our scriptures? If we embark in His service, we had better serve Him with all our souls, with all our abilities, with all our strengths. Or in other words, consider it this way: All our heart, all our might, all our mind, and all our strength. If we couple all our heart and mind, if we combine all our might and strength, that, at least to me, means that IF we start to serve our God, we better do it with everything we have, ALL OUR ABILITIES, nothing held back, for after we are told to serve with everything we have, all abilities we have been given, then we are warned. "...that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day."

In other words, if we start to serve in His work, and we do not give all we have, then I assume by this verse that we will be held accountable, we will be blamed for not giving it all. SO if we embark in His service, we better give all we have to this work, or we shall not be blameless in the last day.