This week I was re-listening to talks giving during General
Conference a few weeks ago and I was really impressed by Elder Neal A. Anderson’s
talk “Overcoming the World”. It seemed to echo some of the thoughts and
feelings I have had lately about where I am in life right now. Elder Anderson talked
about a vision that President David O. McKay had while he was sailing on a boat
to Samoa. President McKay said that he beheld a beautiful white city and that
there was a great concourse of people dressed in white approaching the city.
Jesus Christ was at the head of the group of people. The city was the City
Eternal.
Elder Anderson explains that those who were in that city
were “[those] Who Have Overcome the World!”
In John 16:33 it says, “These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be
of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
And in D&C 64:2 it says, “For verily I say unto you, I
will that ye should overcome the world; wherefore I will have compassion upon
you.”
Overcoming the world is the same as rendering ourselves
entirely to Christ. Christ overcame the world by submitting himself to the will
of the Father. If we wish to overcome the world we need to let go of all the
worldly things that hold us back. That could be having better Sabbath-day
observance, being more honest/kind to those around us, avoiding un-wholesome
media, etc.
I want to be numbered among those in the City Eternal, and
that requires overcoming and letting go of the world.
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