So it Begins

The Content:
Alma 43
Verse 18

And it came to pass that he met the Lamanites in the borders of Jershon, and his people were armed with swords, and with cimeters, and all manner of weapons of war.

The Comments:

Moroni and the armies of the Nephites met the Lamanites at the border of the land.

It doesn't sound like Moroni waited for the Lamanites to come to them.  Not this time.  And as any good leader should (and I'm sure wants to do) he armed his men for battle.

We have not been sent into this world without weapons to use in our spiritual battles.  And as the verse above lists several different types of weapons, and alludes to others, none of us are required to use the same weapon or strategy to protect ourselves or to go into life unarmed.  There are many gifts of the Spirit (See Doctrine and Covenants 46:11–33; 1 Corinthians 12:1–12; Moroni 10:8–18) and each of us wield one or more.

Christ is our leader.  He is not afraid to wade into our fight and help us-if we ask.  We should have as much confidence in Christ as these men did in Moroni, even though he was young.  If we have been faithful then we can be confident in the fact that we have been sufficiently armed and prepared for what is ahead of us in our lives.