Building Zion

Elder Dale E. Miller:

“Brothers and sisters, thrusting in our sickles to help build the Lord’s kingdom should be the prime focus of our lives. It seems reasonable to suggest that we each agreed to that in our premortal life. The key decisions pertaining to education, career, marriage, and the very use of our time, talent, and means should prayerfully hinge on how best we serve the Master, building His kingdom and becoming perfected in Him.

“Our work in building up Zion takes several forms. In one context, Zion is geographic, having a center while enlarging its boundaries to eventually fill the earth. We enlarge Zion’s borders as we share the gospel with others. That is part of our job here.

"Another context shows Zion as an organization wherein we work to strengthen its stakes trhough our callings.  Each state, in trun, pushes dep into the gospel soil, providing a defense and a refuge so followers of Christ might stand with confidence against the snares of the aversary.  Stakes create teh foundation culture for perfeting God's people on earth" (Ensign, May 1998, p. 29).