The Number One Reason to Go On A Mission

In 3 Nephi 27:13, Jesus Christ describes the purpose of his life's mission to the Nephites in these words:

"Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me." (The Book of Mormon)

His purpose is to do the "will of the Father," and as we draw closer to Christ as our Savior, the purpose of our lives should also be to do the will of the Father.

In her blog, Finding the Only Reason that Will Sustain Us, author Becky Thomas remembers the advice she received from her father about the best and only reason to go on a mission when he said, "You need to go for one reason only, to serve your Heavenly Father."

There are a lot of hardships and challenges in serving an LDS mission from deciding to go in the first place to finding joy in the call to living in unfamiliar, and sometimes harsh, circumstances to finding success in sharing the message.

Very few reasons besides doing the will of the Father will sustain a missionary through those kinds of trials, but imagine the power in the missionary who when asked why they sacrifice and serve answers back, "I came to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me."