We Never Get What We Deserve

This week in New Testament we touched this really great topic that I wanted to share.

We've all heard that "life isn't fair."  Right?  I know I have.  I actually have never really believed this.  I felt that people really did tend to get what they really wanted.  Of course, not EVERYTHING, but the general things.  If you want to have a happy, fulfilled life, you get one.  If you want to have a good or bad relationship with your family and friends, you do.  It is not something you can't control.  Your life is in your hands.

Other people I know, when thinking how unfair life is, find it an awful idea.  Not getting the video game you want, or the job you want, or the spouse you feel would be best.

Well in New Testament we looked at it a different way, at how life being unfair can be a good thing.

Think about your life, more specifically, your actions.  Are you perfect?  I should hope not!  We are terrible, selfish creatures who muddle along through life.  Even with the gospel and the Spirit guiding us, we can't even come close to perfection.  Now in the Plan of Salvation, people are placed in the three kingdoms according to what they deserve.  Still, if you think about it, with no one being perfect, no one really deserves the Celestial Kingdom. We aren't good enough.

Now, a different road.  Consider the Savior.  He was perfect, and still, He suffered beyond anything we can comprehend.  He did not deserve that, but He chose it.

Because of this, He has a surplus of suffering, and can take ours away.  Because life was not "fair" to Him, life is not "fair" to us.  If we can realize this, and use His incredible Atonement in our lives, we too can get what we don't deserve.  We can attain what is beyond our reach, and we can be happy forever.

So the next time you think about how life is just so unfair, stop, think about it, and give thanks.  Because if life was fair, we would condemn ourselves.  But since it is not, we might just be saved.