Elder Dallin H. Oaks
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The hymn "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go," written by a woman who was not a Latter-day Saint, "expresses the commitment of the faithful children of God in all ages."
The same submissive spirit of service is evident in the church today, in the lives of many senior couples who willingly fulfill missions, often more than one.
"These senior missionaries offer a special measure of sacrifice and commitment. So do our mission presidents and temple presidents and their loyal companions. All leave their homes and families to serve full time for a season. The same is true of the army of young missionaries, who put their lives on hold and bid goodbye to family and friends and set forth, usually at their own expense, to serve wherever they are assigned by the Lord."
Others in the church obey the call to serve faithfully in their own neighborhoods. "The gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become converted. It teaches us what we should do and it provides us opportunities to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. The full measure of this conversion to men and women of God happens best through our labors in his vineyard."
In some, there is room for improvement. "Some are not committed and faithful. It has always been so. But this is not without consequence . . . If you are delinquent in commitment, please consider who it is you are refusing or neglecting to serve when you decline a calling or, when you accept and promise then fail to fulfill it."
