"They Cannot Fall"

Helaman 5:12 has so many amazing things to learn from it, but there are two main things that stick out to me. The first is when it says, “when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds.” It doesn’t say he might do it, or there’s a possibility that he won’t send any temptations our way, it says when. Satan will go after everyone. Everyone will have trials and temptations, and as the scripture says, they will be mighty. And this seems to make life sound scary and hopeless.  But then this assurance of struggles is followed by an assurance of hope and victory. It says, “because of the rock upon which ye are built…a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.” I love that. They cannot fall. We might stumble and trip and falter, but we won’t fall down. Just how there is no doubt that Satan will send adversity our way, there is no doubt that if we will rely on our Savior that we will prevail. Christ didn’t say to us that he might be able to help us out or that he’ll see what he can do, but he might not be able to save us. He promised us that if we will make him our foundation, if we will follow him, he will not fail us. If our lives are centered on him and we try our hardest to become the person that God intended us to be, then the devil cannot prevail over us. With Christ we have the power to overcome all of the mighty winds and storms that we face. With Christ we cannot fall.