Stewardship
The following is a statement by
President David O. McKay given in 1965 in President McKay's Hotel Utah apartment
to a group of brethren working in the physical facilities part of the Church. While
engaged in explaining to them the importance of the work they were engaged in,
he paused and told them the following:
Let me
assure you, Brethren, that some day you will have a personal Priesthood
interview with the Savior himself. If you are interested, I
will tell you the order in which he will ask you to account for your earthly responsibilities.
First, He
will request an accountability report about your relationship with your wife.
Have you actively been engaged in making her happy and
ensuring that her needs have been met as an individual?
Second, He
will want an accountability report about each of your children individually. He
will not attempt to
have this for simply a
family stewardship but will request information about your relationship to each
and
every child.
Third, He
will want to know what you personally have done with the talents you were given
in the
pre-existence.
Fourth, He
will want a summary of your activity in your Church assignments. He will not
necessarily be
interested in what
assignments you have had, for in his eyes the home teacher and mission
president are
probably equals, but he
will request a summary of how you have been of service to your fellow men in
your
Church assignments.
Fifth, He
will have no interest in how you earned your living, but if you were honest in
all your dealings.
Sixth, He will ask for an accountability on what you have done to contribute in
Positive manner to your
community, state,
country and the world.
- David O McKay