What Do You Want?

One thing that amazes me about the gospel is that God lets us have what we want. As we read in Alma 41:5:

The one raised to happiness according to his desires of happiness, or good according to his desires of good; and the other to evil according to his desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the day long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.

If we want happiness, God has given us the plan of happiness, which includes living His gospel. If we want good things, we can get them by doing good and being good. Alternatively, if we want evil things, God will let us have them, even though He warns us of the consequences. And if we want fun, we can have it, though it won't do us much good in the long run.

It surprises me how much God respects our agency - how much He allows us to choose our own paths, make our own decisions, and "let the consequence follow." Sometimes, I think that we really can get anything we want in life if we want it badly enough to pursue it. So the question we must each ask ourselves, especially when establishing our priorities or making decisions of eternal consequence, is "What do I want?" because whatever it is that you want most, that's what you're most likely to get.