"I could not be shaken!"

In Jacob chapter 7 in the Book of Mormon it talks about Sherem the first Anti-Christ. 

It explains Sherem as "Was learned, and he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery, and much power of speech, according to the power of the Devil."  

Jacob was a man of faith and was troubled by Sherem and His flattery of leading people in the wrong direction.  Jacob says "he (Sherem) had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me.  And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore I COULD NOT BE SHAKEN!"  

Now I know many of us have not experienced deep profound revelations, seeing angels or distinctly heard the voice of the Lord but we all have our own personal moments in life where we have come to know for ourselves the truthfulness of the Gospel (or any belief.)  Some have yet to reach that point, which is just fine. I think many of us throughout our lives will have distinct moments in our lives where we really recognize what it is that we believe.  

Before I moved to Texas if somebody asked me "when did you come to KNOW that this Gospel is true?"  I would always get frustrated because I didn't have a specific moment.  I was leaning on my parents, church leaders and ward members testimonies.  I relied on church activities, girls camp and youth conferences to build my testimony.  Of course all of those played a part and taught me the basics and lead me in the right path of truly finding out for myself what I believe and what I want to believe.  If somebody were to ask me that question today I would without hesitation tell them Texas and then I would probably go on for hours about all the experiences and personal growth I had while I was there.  I was placed in a ward surrounded by amazing people and given a calling as a ward missionary.  Those two things are just at the start of the journey to finding out what I wanted to believe and how I wanted to live!  Even people outside of church influenced me and made me a better person.  I had to make choices and start new habits which is NEVER easy but I did it and the outcome that came from both was incredible.  I literally could go on and on about my experience in Texas but I will stop there and continue on with the point of my post.

Bottom line is Jacob relied on those experiences in hard times.  Sherem targeted Jacob because he new Jacob had great faith. 

Hold on to those big or little moments in your life so when your faith is tried we can be like Jacob and NOT BE SHAKEN!  What a profound statement.  There is so much power in those 3 words!