The Lord is With Us!

After some SERIOUS strategy, Moroni successfully tricks, traps, and surrounds the Lamanites. And then, don’t you love that Moroni gives credit where credit is due??

“The Lord is with us; and ye behold that he has delivered you into our hands. And now I would that ye should understand that this is done unto us because of our religion and our faith in Christ.” Alma 44:3

He recognizes God’s hand. And boldly declares it to Zarahemna.

To which Zarahemna replies, “We do not believe that it is God that has delivered us into your hands; but we believe that it is your cunning that has preserved you from our swords. Behold, it is your breastplates and your shields that have preserved you.”

And wouldn’t it have been easy for Moroni to say that, too? Like riiight... I WAS pretty smart there, and we did have WAY more armor than you. Hmm...

But he doesn’t. He gives thanks to God. He knows how he got to where he is.

There will always be someone who scoffs at faith. There will always be someone who tells you something was nothing. There will always be someone who writes it off as coincidence. There will always be someone who declares man alone is enough, who takes God out of the equation.

There will always be someone who dismisses the divine.

But I believe He is in the details. In our sorrows AND our successes.

I want better spiritual eyes to see, spiritual eyes to recognize, spiritual eyes to acknowledge there are always things at work beyond my limited view.

Like Moroni, I want to boldly declare, the Lord is with us! Throughout it all, the Lord is with us! Always!

Do you see it?

“What should you be looking for in your own life? What are God’s miracles that remind you that He is close, saying, ‘I am right here’? Think of those times, some daily, when the Lord has acted in your life—and then acted again. Treasure them as moments the Lord has shown confidence in you and in your choices. But allow Him to make more of you than you can make of yourself on your own. Treasure His involvement. Sometimes we consider changes in our plans as missteps on our journey. Think of them more as first steps to being ‘on the Lord’s errand.’” (Elder Rasband “By Divine Design”)