The Lord will give us the needed confirmation

This post is part of the General Conference Odyssey. This week covers the Saturday Afternoon Session of the April 1984 Conference.

One thing I worry about fairly often is whether or not I am doing all the things I meant to do, wanted to do, in the premortal life. I know there are so many things I'm blind to now, and I just keep hoping I can somehow get enough light and knowledge to see my way toward fulfilling the mission I was meant to carry out.

I liked these thoughts from Elder Neal A. Maxwell on "the plan"—by which he means Heavenly Father's plan for all of His children—but which also encompasses our own individual plans, of course.

The plan places a striking emphasis on present human freedom to choose. Yet some of our present circumstances may reflect previous agreements, now forgotten, but once freely made. 

The plan always points the way, but does not always smooth the way, since individual development requires an “opposition in all things.”  

The Lord will give us the needed intellectual and spiritual confirmation concerning His plan, but on His terms and in His own way. 

“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.” 

Truly, of all the errors mortals could make, God’s plan of salvation is the wrong thing to be wrong about! 

No error could be more enormous or more everlasting in its consequences! 

No wonder this Church and its people go to such great lengths and expense to share the fulness of the gospel concerning this plan. 

No wonder the Lord wants the plan taught plainly and repetitively. 

And why not? It is God’s plan—not ours! And, given the unimpressive outcomes of man’s plans to solve the world’s problems, aren’t we glad!

Yes, I am glad! I'm so glad there is a plan for me. And I'm glad for Elder Maxwell's promise that  Heavenly Father WILL reveal and confirm that plan to us as I need it (but I have to keep being patient as He does it "on His terms and in His own way").