Moses 4:21--We shall overcome through Christ Jesus

I woke up this morning early to my son looking for his pillow. I could not sleep after that event and finally got out of bed and got ready. I sat in my bed trying to go back to sleep but my mind was racing. I was thinking about this battle that we are in with the powers of darkness. The powers of light and darkness are both assembled as well as they ever have been. Pres. Ezra Taft Benson once said:

"In all ages prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it—this is a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time than there is of us. Never before on the face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good been so well organized. Now is the great day of the devil’s power. But now is also the great day of the Lord’s power, with the greatest number of priesthood holders on the earth.

Each day the forces of evil and the forces of good enlist new recruits. Each day we personally make many decisions showing the cause we support. The final outcome is certain—the forces of righteousness will win. But what remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand in this battle—and how tall we will stand. Will we be true to our last days and fulfill our foreordained missions?"
Ezra Taft Benson, “In His Steps,” Ensign, Sep 1988, 2

I was pondering the tremendous battle ahead for my children and also the battle that continues for myself. The Spirit will be defense and our offense.

As I sat here studying and went to Moses 4:21. It struck me that mortality is described very well here: The Lord is speaking to Satan and he says, "he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." To me it says that as we overcome Satan and "bruise [his] head" we will also get some bumps and bruises, but it will be on our heal not our head. We have Jesus Christ on our side. He is our advocate and our Savior. Through Him we overcome. We must never give up! In Christ Jesus we can and will overcome for His blood has paid the price of justice. They are real bruises we will get on our heals, but, in the end, we stomp on Satan's head and give him a fatal blow. I am so grateful this is true for sometimes this world and its filth and degradation seem like they will be too much. But there is no fear with Jesus Christ as our guide and help. What a blessing to have the Holy Ghost there with us, a member of the Godhead.