We are all children of a loving Heavenly Father. He wants to
help us better understand our own worth and why we are here. God has often
revealed himself to certain prophets, and these prophets have written down
their experiences. What God tells the prophets often applies to us, because we
are also his children, and if he were to reveal himself to us, he would say
very similar things. In Moses chapter 1, we read about when God reveals himself
to Moses. One thing that has always been interesting to me, is that in verse 1
we read that this is “the words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time
when Moses was caught up into an exceedingly high mountain.” Moses had gone to
a mountain, probably a place where he could be secluded, where he could clear
his thoughts, and probably pray to God. It was when Moses was in such a place
that God was able to reveal himself to Moses. Moses put himself in a place
where he could feel the Spirit.
It has
always impressed me that in this chapter, God tells Moses specifically “thou
art my son.” However, God does not just say it once. He says it three separate times.
He tells Moses how important Moses is, and that Moses, as his son is “…in the similitude
of mine Only Begotten” (verse 6). God wants Moses to know of his own worth, and
what he can become. Whereas Satan, the first thing he does, in verse 12 is tell
Moses that “he is a son of man.” Moses quickly replies and tells him of his own
divine worth, that he is a Son of God, and that he is in the similitude of the
Only Begotten.
In our own lives, I feel that we
are constantly told we are of worth in church, through prayer, and in the
scriptures. However, Satan is the first to tell us that we have no worth, that we
do not have a certain path for this life, and that we are not a precious child
of God. Satan does not just tell us this once, but over and over again. It is
important that we always remember where that negativity is coming from—it is
not coming from our loving Father, but from the adversary. He will continuously
try to drag us down whereas as our Father will always lift us up. That is why
faith and fear cannot work together. God will always help us have faith, faith
in ourselves and our circumstances, whereas Satan will always push us to have
fear in our futures and the outcomes.
I know that
God does love us, and that he has a plan for us. He wants us to know that we
are his precious children. He has given us scriptures so that we can read how
he has interacted with prophets, so that we can apply that into our own lives.
He loves us just as much as he loved any prophet he talked to. God will always
show us love, and show us how we can improve. Satan, on the other hand, will
tear us down and make us feel unloved and unimportant. May we always listen to
our loving Heavenly Father, who can help us attain our goals and dreams, and do
things we never imagined that we could do.
