“And the extent to which we become like him is the extent to which we gain his faith, acquire his power, and exercise his priesthood. And when we have become like him in the full and true sense, then we also shall have eternal life.”

I am interested in the idea that as we grow in this life, if we follow God’s commandments, that we become like Him.  Many times I live my life, day to day, without really paying attention, without focusing and without real intent.  I do not live my life intentionally.  I hope to live in such a way to be worthy of God’s blessings, and that hope at times works in me, resulting in faith that helps me to live righteously.
 
But at times I feel as though this hope is all I will ever have.  I wonder if I have faith.  I wonder if I am doing the right things, thinking the right thoughts, learning and growing in the way He would have me do.

“Those who receive the Melchizedek Priesthood covenant and promise, before God and angels, to magnify their callings, to “live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God” (D&C 84:44), to marry for time and all eternity in the patriarchal order, and to live and serve as the Lord Jesus did in his life and ministry.”

“It is that priesthood is the very name of the power of God, and that if we are to become like him, we must receive and exercise his priesthood or power as he exercises it.”