“Be Not Troubled”
Doctrine and Covenants 45:35
35 And I said unto them: Be not troubled, for, when all these things shall come to pass, ye may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be fulfilled.
President Dallin H. Oaks said:
“We give thanks for the revealed truths that provide a standard against which to measure all things. As the Bible teaches, the Lord gave us apostles and prophets ‘for the perfecting of the saints’ (see Eph. 4:11–12). We use the revealed truth they give us, ‘that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive’ (Eph. 4:14). Those who view every calamity and measure every new assertion or discovery against the standard of revealed truth need not be ‘tossed to and fro’ but can be steady and at peace. God is in His heavens, and His promises are sure. ‘Be not troubled,’ He has said to us concerning the destructions that will precede the end of the world, ‘for, when all these things shall come to pass, ye may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be fulfilled’ (D&C 45:35). What an anchor to the soul in these troubled times!
“We give thanks for commandments. They are directions away from pitfalls, and they are invitations to blessings. Commandments mark the path and show us the way to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come.”
(“Give Thanks in All Things,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2003, 95.)
