Helaman 5:12

“And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”

Like the majority of you, I have read this verse a number of times. It is a verse of scripture that has always been one of my favorites. One thing that I really love about the verse is its overall focus on Christ and the strength that comes from building our foundation on him. Having a strong foundation of Christ is essential because that is what everything else relies. If that is weak, things are sure to fall when things get rough.

The principle that this scripture teaches has a lot to do with faith and the importance of a strong testimony. We must have faith that if we choose to build our foundation on Christ he will not fail us. A huge part of having enough faith to build our foundation on Christ has to do with the strength of our testimony. Having a strong testimony makes it much easier to face the problems that Satan will continually throw at us. Having a strong testimony paired with great faith in Christ will make it so that our foundations will be immovable. The many tactics that Satan uses in hopes of effecting us will have no success.

This principle is definitely applicable to all of us. Satan is constantly threatening us so having great faith and a strong testimony is essential to our survival against the adversary. When times get hard and life seems more difficult than usual, we can rely on our foundation to keep us grounded and standing upright.