When I write spiritual thoughts on social media or in my emails, I do my best to have the Spirit with me.

It makes it much easier to share thoughts when I have the Spirit.

But as much fun as it is to share spiritual messages with you here, I want to point out that I am not authorized to receive revelation for any of you!

(I mean, unless one of my children or someone in my Sunday School class is reading this…)

I am so grateful that Heavenly Father wants to answer your prayers and comfort you.

And I’m so grateful that He sometimes uses the words that I write to answer those prayers.

But I think it is super important to know who we have stewardship over…

And who we don’t.

I love that the Lord is so organized when it comes to how revelation happens in this Church.

The Lord reminded Joseph and Oliver that “. . . no one shall be appointed to receive commandments and revelations in this church excepting my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., for he receiveth them even as Moses.” (D&C 28:2)

So, the prophet is the only person who can receive revelation for the entire Church.

How I serve or keep the Sabbath holy, or how I prioritize my time, will not look exactly the same as everyone else around me.

And that’s because the prophet has not told us specific details on how to do so.

And so I know that as long as I’m in line with what the prophet is teaching, I can access my own personal revelation to work out all the rest of the details.

“Most of our guidance comes from the Holy Ghost…. Guidance for the Church, as a whole, comes to the President and prophet of the Church.” – Quentin L. Cook

I have found that when I’m really clear on why God gives each of us access to revelation for various ideas or people, then I can better lean into learning the messages from God that are meant for me.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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