Be not afraid of your enemies/The Lion's Den

Just thought I would share something I was pondering tonight....

D&C 98: 13-16

13. And whoso layeth down his life in my cause, for my name's sake, shall find it again, even life eternal.

14. Therefor, be not afraid of your enemies, for I have decreed in my heart, saith the Lord, that I will prove you in all things, whether you will abide in my covenant, even unto death, that you may be found worthy.

15. For if ye will not abide in my covenant ye are not worthy of me.

16. Therefor, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children.

"Be not afraid of your enemies....I will prove you in all things.... renounce war and proclaim peace."




As I was thinking about these verses I thought about Daniel in the Lions Den. Daniel says that "My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me" for he was put into the Lions Den to be killed, but the Lord protected him. The Lord protected him just as D&C 98 promises!!! The Lord will prove you in all things if you abide by His covenant, just as Daniel did as he kept praying after the people were told not to pray unto God, this being the reason he was thrown into the Lion's den.

I cannot express the comfort I feel.  I still have a lot of praying to do, but I think I understand what the spirit was trying to tell me as I pondered this.