Who am I? Why was I sent here and now?

     This past week in my religion class we have been studying the first chapter in the book of Moses, which is found in the Pearl of Great Price. The lesson started off with my professor warning us that whenever we reach a spiritual high, right before, or right after, we will hit a low. Satan does not want us to to be stable in our faith. He will do whatever he can to tear us down and drive away the spirit. He does not want us to succeed. He wants us to question our spiritual experiences, and he wants us to question Heavenly Father. Because when we succeed, he fails

     My professor related this knowledge to Moses 1. Moses is visited by God. God meets Moses half way and tells him "Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this endless?" (verse 3). God later refers to Moses as "my son" three times.This knowledge that Moses was the son of God was important enough for God to repeat it three times. This knowledge relates to us, too. We are the children of God. And that is our identity. That is who we are. We are sons and daughters of an Almighty God, who loves us. 

      After being visited by God, after reaching a spiritual high, Moses is immediately visited by the devil. He is immediately faced with tribulation that is the complete opposite of the spirit he felt being in the presence of God. After several failed attempts, Moses is able to make Satan leave by calling upon the name of Christ (verse 21 & 22).

     After the visitation by Satan, Moses is able to call back the presence of God. The Lord tells Moses "And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten" (verse 33). The knowledge that the Lord has created countless amount of worlds had not been foreign to me. I had the conversation with my parents and in church several times. But my professor brought up a question that had never crossed my mind. If God had created so many worlds, why was Jesus Christ born on our earth? 

     With this question, our class went to Moses 7. In verse 26 we read that Enoch "beheld Satan; and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced." And Enoch turned to the Lord "And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept" (verse 27). Now, I don't know about you, but that speaks testaments to me. Heavenly Father loves us so much, even though he has created worlds without number, that he would weep for us. We live on the most wicked planet, so Heavenly Father sent his most holy. He sent His Only Begotten Son, so we could be saved. So we can return to our Heavenly Father. Heavenly Father sent His prophets so they could guide and direct us in time or peril. And He sent us.

     My professor ended the class by asking us a few questions, that I will in turn ask you. Who are you? Why were you sent here? Why were you sent here now? I personally believe that we were all sent here to fight the chains that Satan has bound our world in. We are here to fight the wicked and the sin and to bring righteousness to this world. 

     I have learned so much in my class, and it has only been two days. I have gained knowledge and been asked questions that motivate me to be the best and most righteous I can possibly be, and I encourage you to all do the same. We were sent here to better this world. We were sent to this earth for a reason. The same earth that Christ was born on.