John 2:1-11

Read these verses.  They have me wondering...

In verse 4, Jesus says his hour has not yet come.  He, in other words, is saying that he has his powers for the purpose of his "hour", or his divine mission on this Earth from Heavenly Father.  This is the reason Jesus had his power, so that he could truly sacrifice himself according to the Fathers will, rather than just his own.

Now the idea came to me; Maybe his entire ministry, up to the point of the passover and Gethsemane, was simply his will.  He truly loved us with his entire heart, and the thirty years prior to his ministry and miracles he lived however his heart desired.  He was a carpenter.  He was a loyal and happy son to his Mother Mary.  We even see in the beginning of John that it wasn't uncommon for him to be close to his mom.

So here's the theory:  Jesus lived life as he chose to, righteous and happy, until his hour was come.  He lived his life, his purpose on this Earth, was for his moment of truth.  But he is the perfect example.  He chose his profession.  He lived a life prior to his ministry.  He had agency.  He began his ministry as he was called of God to establish a righteous church and to spread a message of good tiding unto the children of men.  I know that I have a life ahead, full of adventure, marriage, family, and whatever profession I choose.  However, my hour is yet at hand:  To serve a mission.  Perhaps that is my fore-ordination in this world, and any calling after that in the body of the church is my ministry.  Its just a speculation, an idea.  But hey, it gives me hope. It says to me that there is a reason eternal life is our most prized blessing; It's because there are joys and happiness that god wants us to enjoy, and eternal and immortal life is the only way for us to experience the things that God wants us to experience.

 "Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; "for the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves." (Doctrine and Covenants 58:27-28)

"That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly." Matt 6:4