Steadfast and Immovable

By Larry Doyle Crenshaw

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In a world of shifting values and morals, where beliefs are measured by political correctness and the winds of change seem to blow in every direction at once, it is rare to find individuals who are steadfast and immovable as far as values and principles are concerned.   We seem to be living in a new and increasingly worrisome world where values are being devalued and discounted in the market of ideas.  We seek after political leaders to follow, but often find their vision is ill-defined and even unprincipled.  Many Christians look to the pulpits of Churches for guidance only to find the latest marketing pitch in the world of “ministry for money.” Many ask, “Where can I find peace in today’s troubled world?”

Through all of this, there is always one who was and is forever steadfast, always immovable.  He who “…. ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth;  Which truth shineth. This is the light of Christ.” D&C 88:6-7.  May we learn from His example how to be more steadfast and immovable as we confront the storms that are coming our way.

This week’s meditation gives us a glimpse of one who is brought to Judgment’s Bar and weighed and measured prior to final judgment.

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Steadfast and Immovable

Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen.

Book of Mormon Mosiah 5:15

To heaven at last I was brought

To the bar of divine subjugation

 And final judgment was wrought

Upon the measure of my creation

God was all and above all

As I bowed before His throne

I stood anxious and small

But familiar and known

Justice and mercy were weighed

Faith and works measured before the stand

My sins had been purchased, remitted and paid

Through Christ and His atoning plan

One day we’ll stand at Judgement’s Bar

And be accountable for word and deed

 For what we believe and who we are

Judged by our actions and by our creed

May our faith and works abound

Standing immovable and steadfast

As Satan’s plan we confuse and confound

And be sealed by the Holy Promise at last

Larry Doyle Crenshaw