Finals

As we have been finishing our study of the Book of Mormon as well as the semester I have pondered the end of everything.  Obviously we don’t know when exactly the end of our mortal existence is but I have been thinking about what I have learned and if I have learned enough to pass.  What does the Lord put on His Final Exam?  Have I learned all that I need to be prepared?  Have I engraven the name of Christ on my heart?  This has lead me to read an amazing scripture, Moroni 10:32.

“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.”

After reading this scripture it seems to me that this Final Exam of life isn’t only out of 100 points.  It does have an A or B or even an F beside its grade.  This exam isn’t going to affect a GPA or even have to be taken in a specific location with a date and time assigned to it.

This exam is over a lifetime.  Moroni uses words such as:  “come,” “perfected,” “deny,” “love,” and “grace.”  These are attributes and things we develop and show through our commitment to Him.  There is another point extremely important!  No one will or can get a 100%!  God puts an extreme curve on the Exam called “GRACE.”  We can not complete all the requirements without Him, He is the one that takes the missed questions and lifts our understanding to His.  We through Christ as an aid can and will do our absolute best we can.