son of man, worship me.” Well Moses
(2 Nephi 2:27) and what better way to
was not going to have that! He was just
feel miserable than to be shown what
shown the glory of God by God Himself!
you’re NOT? You need to be aware that
And so Moses basically told Satan, “No
Satan is real and that his main goal is to
way! I know who I am and I know who
keep you from God and God’s truths.
God is so get away from me Satan!”
And some of those very important truths
are exactly what Moses learned: God
Of course this made Satan very mad,
created you. You are His daughter. He
even leading to Moses seeing the “bitter-
loves you. And He has a plan for you.
ness of hell.” But Moses would not
budge and by the power of God was
able to make Satan leave. Moses then
prayed and had another experience being in the presence of and learning from
God. (Moses 1)
You may read of Moses’ experience and
think, “Well he was a prophet so of
course he had something like that happen!” But guess what? You and I can
and do experience this ALL. THE. TIME.
How often does Satan throw something
in your face that tells you you’re not
good enough? That you’re just a “son/
daughter of man”? How often do you
see a billboard, an advertisement, or another image showing you what the world
thinks is the “perfect” girl? How often do
you compare yourself to someone else
who you think has better hair, grades,
friends, talents, etc.? Well guess what,
that is Satan. He “seeketh that all men
might be miserable like unto himself”
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