Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
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"If the Savior were to call to you today, would you be just as willing to leave your nets and follow him (as were the fishermen who became his apostles?)"
For some, it may not be such an easy decision. "Some have discovered that nets, by their very nature, are sometimes not so easy to leave. . . . We might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the son of the living God.
"Nets, in this context, can be our work, our hobbies, our pleasures, and above all else, our temptations and sins. In short, a net can be anything that pulls us away from our relationship with our Heavenly Father or from his restored church." Such nets can include obsessive work, compulsive use of the computer, excessive debt.
"If we are sincere in our desire to follow him, we must straightway leave the world's entangling nets and follow him.
"Sometimes we feel that the busier we are, the more important we are, as though our 'busyness' defines our worth . . . we can spend a lifetime whirling about at a feverish pace checking off list after list of things that, in the end, really don't matter. That we do a lot may not be so important. That we focus the energy of our minds, our hearts and our souls on those things of eternal significance, that is essential."
Latter-day Saints follow the Savior by repenting of sin, being baptized, obeying the commandments. Often, it is difficult, but those who follow "will experience joy beyond their ability to comprehend."
