Forget Yourself and Go to Work

This week in New Testament class our professor discussed the role of the Holy Ghost in the Godhead. It is odd on how much we talk of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and not not very much of who the Holy Ghost is as the 3rd member. In John 16:13 Christ tells us that the Holy Ghost "shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will shew you things to come." When we think of the role of the Holy Ghost as simply being a messenger, it tells us how we should act as his servants. When we are on the errand of the Lord, we don't put the focus on us, but on Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost understands that perfectly. He simply does his job and gets out of the way to put focus on our savior. 

The Savior then puts our focus on the Father. In Moses 4:2, Christ told the Father that he would do what the father asked him to do and give Him the glory. That night after the New Testament class , I was in the car with a friend from the mission. As we drove I told him how I saw the bishop of a ward I served in on my mission. The bishop recognized me but didn't know my name. I knew he had seen a lot of missionaries between since a year and a half ago but my mission buddy brought up a good point to me. He asked me "doesn't it felt good knowing that you worked hard and received none of the glory?' I got out of the way so the focus could be on Jesus Christ. Reflecting on the work I had done in that area, I realized that it wasn't a bad sign that the bishop didn't remember my name. When I think of this type of missionary work, I think of the quote by Gordon B. Hinckley's dad- forget yourself and go to work.