Then we have the “less than heroes” that still need our attention, but they don’t have the same appeal and success as our headliners.

Take a guy like Omni…he gets a book named after him, but it seems hardly deserving. The brother had ONE JOB: keep the commandments of the Lord and write upon the plates to preserve the genealogy. Did Omni do his job?

Here’s what he shares with us: “But behold, I of myself am a wicked man, and I have not kept the statutes and the commandments of the Lord as I ought to have done” (Omni 1:2). Dude, really? At least he was honest.

So, his task over the course of a couple hundred years is summed up in three verses total, but he did keep the records safe and passed them along to his son. So, Omni handed off the records to his son, Amaron; Amaron tagged his brother, Chemish; Chemish passed the baton to his son, Abinadom, and Abinadom gave the plates to his son, Amaleki. And in my humble opinion, Amaleki is the one who gives the book of Omni the credibility needed, because he closes out his writing with an awesome power verse to live by:

“And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.” (Omni 1:26)

Oh my, Omni! Your great-grandson just saved the book and preserved your name forever!

Teaching the children about Omni is not quite as engaging as acting out Nephi obtaining the brass plates and Ammon slaying the Lamanites (which they enthusiastically perform with Broadway-level acting), but it needs a moment, and Amaleki gives us what we need to focus on doing the ONE JOB that is going to lead us to salvation.

Come unto Christ.

Partake of his salvation and redemption.

Offer Him your whole soul.

Fast and pray.

Endure to the end.

And, as the Lord liveth (in other words, “I promise this to be true”), you will be saved.

This is the ONE JOB that we have in this life. Every book in The Book of Mormon — even a one-chapter wonder like Omni — points us to Christ, admonishing us to keep the Lord’s commandments to win the prize of salvation.

And these scriptures go hand in hand with the Bible’s teachings, as Ecclesiastes echoes the same refrain:

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13)

Don’t let your name go down in history with anything less than a good report. Be a brother or sister who fulfilled the job he was called to do. Serve the Lord and keep His commandments. Offer Him your whole soul and win the prize. May future generations tell the story of a faithful servant who successfully did the ONE JOB he was put on this earth to do.