President Eyring speaks to the priesthood brethren of the church.  He discusses the feelings of inadequacy and the time commitments that great priesthood service requires.  He shares with us two basic truths of priesthood service.

• The more faithful service you give, the more the Lord asks of you.
  
• He increases our power to carry the heavier load.

This doesn't happen up front though with the Lord.  We have to serve and then the Lord blesses us with the increased capacity to carry that burden.

• The tough part of that reality, however, is that for Him to give you that increased power you must go in service and faith to your outer limits. It is like building muscle strength. You must break down your muscles to build them up. You push muscles to the point of exhaustion. Then they repair themselves, and they develop greater strength. Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
  

Priesthood callings are give to those that can handle this heavy burden.

• In His kindness and in great trust, Heavenly Father, with the Savior, allowed a selected few of His sons on earth to hold the priesthood. We have the authority and the power to act in God’s name, to offer the true gospel of Jesus Christ and its ordinances to as many of Heavenly Father’s children as we can. So you can sense the magnitude of our trust from God. And you can sense its supreme importance and the opposition we face.
  

When feelings of inadequacy come, he offers some quick bits of advice that we can all appreciate.

• When those feelings of inadequacy strike us, it is the time to remember the Savior. He assures us that we don’t do this work alone.
  
• I know that the promise of angels to bear us up is real.
• Recognize and welcome those whom the Lord sends to help us.
  
• See in every assignment the opportunity to strengthen another.

We can count on the Lord to provide us assistance when He knows it is needed.  We are not alone in this work and He is mindful of the sacrifices we are making.

• We can expect in our service to have help sent to us at the right time who will see strength in us and lift us up. And we can look forward to being the one sent by the Lord to encourage another.
  

President Eyring shares a personal account of a discussion he had with President Faust shortly after his call to the apostleship.  We would be wise to accept this advice into our personal lives.

• I can tell you from experience something about how to help if you are the one sent. Shortly after I was called to the Quorum of the Twelve, I got a phone call from President Faust, counselor in the First Presidency. He asked me to come to his office. I went with some concern as to why he would take the time to visit with me. After some pleasantries, he looked at me and said, “Has it happened yet?” When I looked puzzled he went on to say, “I’ve been watching you in meetings. It seems to me that you have been feeling that your calling is beyond you and that you are not qualified.” I said that doubt had come to me, as if I had hit a wall. I expected that he was going to reassure me. I told him that I appreciated his being aware of my doubts and asked for his help. But I was surprised by his kind, firm reply. He said, “Don’t ask me. Go to Him.” Then he pointed up to heaven. Now years later I sit in that same office. When I walk into it I look up and remember him and how he taught me by example how to help those who are feeling overwhelmed in the Lord’s service. Find a way to send them with confidence to Him. If they will follow your counsel, they will gain the strength they need and to spare.
  

Finally, President Eyring ends with this reminder.

• We will find joy in going wherever the Lord would have us serve. We will be given the revelation to speak His words to invite Heavenly Father’s children to become changed by the Atonement and fit to go home and live with Him.

With a recent calling given to me, I am at a point that I am feeling very overwhelmed with the assignments that I have been given.  I know there are better people to do the calling I have but for some reason, that Lord wants me there.  I am sure he recognizes the things I need to change in my life and this calling will help me turn some of my weaknesses into strengths.  I am comforted by this talk to see that I am not alone in my calling and that I have the Lord there to support me, go before me, and to inspire me to help those that I come in contact with.  I also recognize that he has given me a greater capacity and desire to reach out and love those that I am called to serve.  This support is real and we can be assured that if we do our part, the Lord will make up for our inadequacies.

President Eyring speaks to the priesthood brethren of the church.  He speaks about honoring our priesthood covenants and becoming more than we are today in our priesthood service.

• Rising to the possibilities of the oath and covenant brings the greatest of all the gifts of God: eternal life. That is a purpose of the Melchizedek Priesthood. Through keeping the covenants as we receive the priesthood and renewing them in the temple ceremonies, we are promised by an oath made by our Heavenly Father, Elohim, that we will gain the fulness of His glory and live as He lives. We will have the blessing of being sealed in a family forever with the promise of eternal increase.

He speaks of specific blessings that come to each of us as we honor our priesthood covenants and service others.  The blessings that he speaks of are listed below:

• Let me describe some of the blessings you will receive as you go forward in faith.
  • First, the very fact that you have been offered the oath and covenant is evidence that God has chosen you, knowing your power and capacity. He has known you since you were with Him in the spirit world. With His foreknowledge of your strength, He has allowed you to find the true Church of Jesus Christ and to be offered the priesthood. You can feel confidence because you have evidence of His confidence in you.
    
  • Second, as you will try to keep your covenants, the Savior has promised His personal help. He has said that as you go forward in honoring the priesthood: “There I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.”
  • You are also promised that you will be given the power to bear testimony and that in the process you will be cleansed and made fit for the eternal life.
    
  • There is another wonderful blessing that will encourage you as you keep your priesthood covenants. Priesthood service will prepare you for living in eternal families. It will change your feelings about what it means to be a husband or a father or a son or a brother. That change in your heart will come as you feel your faith grow and the promise of eternal life through the Melchizedek Priesthood becomes real to you.
    
  • Faith in the oath and covenant will lead us to develop the feelings of charity essential to an eternal family. One of the promises we make as we accept the priesthood is to care for others.
    

These blessings come to us as we serve in the priesthood and keep the covenants that we have made when we received the priesthood.  We can be partners with Christ to bring out our Fathers purposes as we follow the Saviors example and reach out to others in need.

• My prayer is that you will decide tonight, and then every day, to go forward in faith in keeping your covenants with God and so claim the promise He has made to you with an oath. You can do it in simple things. When you meet with your quorum, you can decide to see them as brothers in the family of God. There will be someone in your quorum or priesthood group who is in need. He may not show it. You may not be able to see it with your eyes. But God knows and invites you to be His servant in helping him.

President Eyring concludes with one last bit of advice on what we can do to honor our priesthood and prepare ourselves to be partners with Christ in serving others.

• There is another thing you can do. You can study the word of God, not for yourself alone but to be an emissary of the Lord Jesus Christ to all the world. When you increase your power to teach the gospel, you are qualifying to help Heavenly Father in gathering His children. As you do that, another blessing will come. Should the need ever come in family life in this world, or in the world to come, to draw back lost sheep, you will have received more power than you may now recognize.
  

President Eyring speaks of the concerns that we sometimes have of being able to live up to such a high expectation.  Although the consequences of receiving the priesthood and not honoring it are large, the blessings that can come to us as we figure out the role we should be doing is equally as great.  We have been promised eternal life if we can learn to serve and partner with the Savior in helping others.  President Eyring has given us some great guidance that if we follow, we will be able to be on the path to eternal life and support others along the way.

President Eyring speaks about the Light of Christ.  He shares that all of us are born with the Light of Christ but our challenge in life it to use that light to help us progress towards eternal life with our Heavenly Father.  Satan wants to discourage us along the way but God has given us assistance to overcome those influences that will not bring us joy and happiness.

• Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ. You have felt that. It is the sense of what is right and what is wrong and what is true and what is false. That has been with you since your journey in life began. The fact that you were baptized and received the Holy Ghost is evidence that you chose to walk in the Light of Christ.
  
• When you were confirmed a member of the Church, you were given the right to have the Holy Ghost as your companion. The Holy Ghost is a powerful source of light to recognize truth, to follow and love the Lord Jesus Christ, and to find your way back to God after this life.
  
• But the spirit who led the rebellion in the world before still opposes the plan and wants you to be miserable. He wants you never to find your way home again. That enemy of your soul knows you and your goodness. He knows that if he can turn you away from walking in the light, he can both capture you and stop you from helping others along the journey. He knows how good you are and your power to teach and influence hundreds of Heavenly Father’s children in this life—and thousands over the generations that will follow your path. If he can get you to wander away from the light on your journey, he can do harm and bring misery to many.
  

President Eyring speaks of the powerful effect of having good friends that help you along the journey of life.  He says some friends can be good influences and some will be bad influences.

• Some of my achievements and some of my friends were major factors in my sensing light. Others, more than I knew at the time, were edging me away from the light. In important and long-lasting ways, choices I made to satisfy my desires for companionship and a sense of recognition were taking me either toward or away from the light to guide my path.

As we seek to have the Light of Christ in our lives, we need to remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want us to find that Light and will help us along our journey.  But there will be trials, setbacks, and mistakes that we make.  The Holy Ghost can help us through these trials to getting back on the correct path of happiness and peace.

• Just as you are marked as a target by the enemy of righteousness, you have been protected and watched over by your Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. They know you. They know all of the forces and individuals around you. They know what is ahead of you. And so They know which of the choices you make, which of the desires you decide to satisfy, and which of the circumstances around you will make the most difference in keeping you walking in the light. I testify that by the Spirit of Christ and by the Holy Ghost, you may walk confidently in whatever difficulties will come. Because you are so valuable, some of your trials may be severe. You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties has always been prepared for you, and you will find it if you exercise faith.
  

President Eyring concludes with sharing with us the importance of faith in the process of having the Light of Christ in our lives continually.  In order to have that faith, we need to be in the right places, saying the right things, and thinking the right things that will bring us closer to Christ.

• You must have faith to pray. You must have faith to ponder the word of God. You must have faith to do those things and go to those places which invite the Spirit of Christ and the Holy Ghost.
  

The Light of Christ is given to all of us at birth.  It teaches us good from evil.  It guides us to make wise choices that will bring us happiness.  It leads us to find peace and joy in this life and prepares us for eternal happiness in the future.  Those around us can be good or bad influences.  When we are choosing the right path, trials will be part of our lives that discourage us.  The Holy Ghost will help us through and we will find happiness and joy as we make the right decisions in life.