You need two things in this life to succeed

You need two things in this life to succeed:
1. Talents
2. Sponsor.

Talents meaning knowledge, training, skills, wisdom, etc. helps one to perform the job. Sponsor provides the authority, means, support, etc. to perform the job. One can be the most talented person for the job, but without a sponsor, one would NOT have the job. In contrast, one could have a sponsor with essentially no talents and one would have the job. A sponsor always "trumps" talents!

The sponsor may pick someone with inferior talent, but this condition is short term and not sustainable.  Either the task is performed poorly by the inferior person, the inferior person improves performance, or the task is performed by someone else.  No organization can survive competitively with inferior talent. 

This rule applies to most application.

I wondered if this rule applied to things spiritual. After all, the Lord is not political and has no favorites.

I thought of the sacrament prayer.
"77 O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen. "

If we live these covenants below
1." that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son"
2. "witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, "
a. "that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son"
b. "always remember him"
c. "keep his commandments which he has given them"

Then we will have the Holy Ghost as our Sponsor!
"that they may always have his Spirit to be with them."

If we have the Holy Ghost as our "sponsor", then we have the ultimate sponsor in our earthly life. The Holy Ghost "trumps" all sponsors in this world.

We can't play politics with the Holy Ghost. We can't deceive the Holy Ghost if we haven't done our part in the covenant.