Worldwide devotional: Elder Uchtdorf counsels young adults on making decisions with God’s help

Use agency, and God will give ‘just enough guidance to keep moving in the right direction — without limiting your growth or opportunities to exercise faith’

Published: Feb 3, 2025, 7:19 p.m. MST

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Harriet Uchtdorf, both make heart signs with their hands as they exit a Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults at the Marriott Center on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. — Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Harriet Uchtdorf, both make heart signs as they exit a Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults at the Marriott Center on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Brice Tucker, Deseret News

PROVO, Utah — Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles isn’t a stranger to many of the questions that today’s young adults are asking themselves.

“Am I on the right path?” “Does God really notice me?” “Why didn’t God provide the miracle I needed so urgently?”

These and similar questions are difficult at any age, Elder Uchtdorf said, especially during times when “we lift our hearts to heaven, and all we seem to get is that spinning ‘wait cursor.’”

But heavenly answers are worth the wait, Elder Uchtdorf continued, and dots can only be connected looking backward.

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