Power and Great Glory

In First Nephi chapter 14 verse 14; Nephi sees our day and says “...I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.”  In the world we live in we are combated and confronted by Satan on every side, there is almost nowhere to turn.  So like Nephi prophesied, we are armed with righteousness and power and with great glory to battle against the numberless attacks of the adversary.

The principle that stuck out to me is that this “power of the Lamb of God” descended on certain groups of people.  The scripture doesn’t say, “and the power descended upon every living soul” yet it uses descriptive adjectives such as: “covenant people” and “saints of the church.”  If we want this great power to protect and arm ourselves we should find out how to become the covenant people, and the saints of His church.  It is not merely being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints that guarantees this power.

President Eyring chimes in on this topic and comments that, “We also arm ourselves with righteousness and power as we ‘treasure up in [our] minds continually the words of life’ (D/C 84:85).”  We are to do the small and simple things in life; read scriptures, attend the temple, etc.

Eyring goes further to state that we are not alone in this battle.  He goes on to say that, “In our battle against evil, we must always remember that we have help from both sides of the veil.”  As I feel stressed and burdened and weighed down during my week it is extremely comforting and heartening to know how much help and POWER I really do have backing me up.  It is far greater than any temptation, attack, bad thought, or problem Satan can send our way.  We can rejoice to know that Christ and our Father in heaven will never abandon us, never.