By his own admittance, one of his more prevalent weaknesses was his temper: “I will say, there is not a man in this house who has a more indomitable and unyielding temper than myself.” President Brigham Young, the “Lion of the Lord,” struggled with anger. Lest you start thinking that only the prophets in the scriptures had weaknesses, let’s take a look at some modern-day prophets. However, we should follow the example of Peter and learn from these low points so that we can emerge faith-filled and confident in the Lord and His plan. Disasters, wars, disease, all these things, along with all of our personal dark days and traumas, could give us plenty of reason to fear. Christ has warned us that in these, the latter days, “men’s hearts shall fail them for fear shall come upon all people” (D&C 88:91, see also Luke 21:26). Never before have we needed an example like Peter’s than we do in this day and age. His captors asked him, “Did not we straightly command you that ye should not teach in this name?” Peter responded by saying “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Peter no longer feared for his faith was firm in the hope of Christ. Peter continued to preach and was arrested again. He faced the same consequences facing him in Matthew 26, but this time Peter would not yield to fear. There he was commanded to cease his preaching of Jesus Christ. In these chapters, Peter was preaching to the people when he was arrested. We can see this in the way he responded to a situation later in his life, recorded in Acts 4 and 5. ► You'll also like: The Ultimate Guide to Giving a Powerful Sacrament Talkīy utilizing the enabling power of Jesus Christ, Peter used his darkest moment to learn and overcome the weakness that had plagued him for so long. In asking those we trust for help with a personal weakness, you will not only bless your own life but the lives of those who come to your aid. If you fear public speaking, there is no shame in asking someone to help you prepare for a talk, asking someone to let you practice speaking to them, or even reaching out for a priesthood blessing if you need it. God has blessed us with family members, friends, Church leaders, and even His Son, Jesus Christ, so that we can have the help we need to become Saints. Just like Moses, we do not have to overcome all of our weaknesses on our own. He “told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him” (Exodus 4:28) and together they worked to deliver the children of Israel. Yet Moses didn’t let pride or embarrassment stop him. Imagine how he must have felt asking Aaron to speak for him. He tried twice to convince the Lord to call someone else before the Lord suggests his brother, Aaron. It was something that continually plagued him, so much so that the Lord called his brother Aaron to act as Moses’s mouth (Exodus 4:14-16).įrom the text in Exodus 4, it becomes clear that Moses was self-conscious of his own weaknesses. This was not a weakness Moses overcame by some miracle. While talking with the Lord in Exodus chapter 4, Moses expressed his concern that he was “not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since spoken unto servant” but was “slow of speech, and of a slow tongue” (Exodus 4:10). Moses was not a strong public speaker-and knew it. Moses: The man who forsook riches and privilege for poverty and hardship, who helped free the children of Israel despite immense opposition, who-with God’s help-parted the Red Sea, who led the Israelites through the wilderness for 40 years, and who spoke with God.
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