Everything of God is done in order. Orderliness in the Church surely sets the tone for the Spirit, reverence, and worship. As leaders who serve in the kingdom, we surely need to make sure that we do things according to the established order of the Church. We should administer the kingdom in an orderly fashion. This is essential so that the Spirit can be present. When we fail to administer wisely and carefully, according to the established order of the Church, we do not enjoy the Spirit. How many times have you witnessed the moment when someone is late, ill prepared, or does something contrary to the normally accepted practice? Sadly, the Spirit of the meeting or event is sometimes lost. We can all think of when this has happened in our lives. Let us remember what the prophet Joseph F. Smith said in regard to order:
The house of God is a house of order, and not a house of confusion; and it could not be thus, if there were not those who had authority to preside, to direct, to counsel, to lead in the affairs of the Church. No house would be a house of order if it were not properly organized, as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized. Take away the organization of the Church and its power would cease. Every part of its organization is necessary and essential to its perfect existence. Disregard, ignore, or omit any part, and you start imperfection in the Church; and if we should continue in that way we would find ourselves like those of old, being led by error, superstition, ignorance, and by the cunning and craftiness of men. We would soon leave out here a little and there a little, here a line and there a precept, until we would become like the rest of the world, divided, disorganized, confused and without knowledge; without revelation or inspiration, and without Divine authority or power. (Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, comp. John A. Widtsoe [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1939], 149)
The words of Alma which he delivered to the people in Gideon, according to his own record. [Note: This preamble was included in the original edition of the Book of Mormon published in 1830.]