Yesterday I had the opportunity to perform Baptisms for the Dead at the temple for the first time. While I was there, I thought about what the prayer meant.
There’s a line in it, “Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ.” “Commissioned” means “holding a rank conferred by a commission,” for example, an Army General. I am a Preist in the Aaronic Priesthood. My father laid his hands on my head to ordain me to this office, but it was actually from Jesus. Jesus commissioned me to be a priest. It’s pretty cool to have that responsibility from Jesus.
There’s another meaning of “commissioned”: “produced especially to order”. Jesus made me and each one of us unique. We are all made exactly how we need to be to help ourselves and others grow. We all are the way we are for a reason. We all have a purpose in our life. And Jesus made us just how we need to be.
I bear my testimony that I know this church is true and that Jesus commissioned me just how I am for a reason, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Shared in Fast & Testimony Meeting on February 5th, 2023