THIS IS MY WORK AND MY GLORY
Corporations and organizations usually have a Mission Statement, a short sentence describing the goal and focus of the organization. In Moses 1, we get the Lord's Mission Statement: this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. This perspective changes everything; it is indeed a pearl of great price.
For centuries, the world has imagined a God that is barely interested in man - One that keeps his distance - One that doesn't speak - One that is too busy to intervene. Yet, the Pearl of Great Price teaches us that we are his prime interest - his work and his glory. His focus is on us. He cares more about the progress of men than the progress of nations. He cares more about man than the mountains, oceans, and rivers. We are not an afterthought of creation; we are the very purpose of creation! What a powerful message this brings to the whole world!
While incomprehensible, we should always remember that God who clothes the lilies of the field and notices the fall of every sparrow, cares for each of his beloved children.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis noted:
"He who believes that God cares for men has found the secret of perpetual happiness, sees the best glimmering through the worst, feels the sun's warm beams throbbing through the thickest clouds. No man can remain permanently miserable who believes with all his heart that the Almighty is his defense, and that a divine guide daily pours light upon a human pathway."
(Improvement Era, 1902, Vol. V. January, 1902. No. 3.)
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