Sunday Reflection: Letting go of our E.G.O.'s

Okay, so I was reading Alex Boye's profile on Mormon.org.  He is a recording artist and also a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  Anyway, he said  something that I want to share with you.   He said, "God can take ordinary people and put them in extraordinary situations, and can bless us all in ways we cannot comprehend. In order for that to happen, from my own experience I tell people that we need to let go of our E-G-Os ( Edge God Out.) That seems to be the reason for almost every problem we face in day-to day living..... We cannot survive in this world without Gods influence in our lives."

Satan tries to decieve us and get us to believe that there is no God.  He wants us to Edge God Out of the picture. He wants us to believe that we don't need Him to be happy.  We can survive this life on our own; rely on our own inner strength.  Anything we gain in this life is through our own efforts.  There is no God.

 To know God and to love Him means to live as He would have us live and keep His commandments. For some to recognize a God in their lives would mean change and that may be hard for them to accept. If they don't believe in God there is no lasting consequence to any choices that are made.  It's all about the here and now and no eternal consequences.  Do as you please here.  Tomorrow you will die.  No big deal. That's what Satan would have us believe.  He does not want us to return to our Father in Heaven.

I have such a testimony that we truly do have a Father in Heaven who loves us.  He knows us.  He stands ready to bless us beyond measure if we will learn of Him, keep His commandments, and trust in Him.  My life has been blessed tremendously because of my knowledge of my Father.  I know that I can go to Him in prayer and He hears me.  He answers my prayers.  He comforts me.  He strengthens me.  If I did not know God existed and did not know I could rely on Him through our trials I would have cracked a long time ago.  I would have given up on happiness in this life.  I would have given up on myself and my ability to handle certain responsibilities and pressures in my life.    I have just had so many witnesses that He IS!  Like Alex said, "God can bless us all in ways we cannot comprehend".    If we would just let Him in.

“All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth... and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator” (Book of Mormon, Alma 30:44).

I testify this is TRUE!