Nephi and his brothers again are sent back to Jerusalem, this time to convince Ishmael and his family to come with them. I'm thinking Ishmael's daughters were probably pretty hot or something, because Nephi doesn't say anything about his older brothers complaining about having to go back for this task, but I digress.
They do, however, rebel on their way back and get mad at Nephi. They probably all got to talking about how crazy the situation was, and how "because of Nephi", they were going to have a much harder life than if they lived in Jerusalem, and so on and so on, to the point whee it escalated so much in their minds, that they were going to kill Nephi and leave him in the wilderness to be food for the wild animals. They tied him up, and with the Lord's help, he was able to escape his bonds and talk to them.
Luckily, a couple of people stood up for Nephi, and he ended up talking to the whole group. He reminds them about how they had already seen amazing things (they saw an angel the last time they went to Jerusalem) and events (they were provided a way to get the brass plates and stay safe from Laban).
I love what Nephi reminds them of at this point (the quote from verse 12). The Lord can do anything for us (if it is His will), if we will only exercise faith in Him.
Faith. That's the key. Faith is action-based. We act when we have faith. But the truth is, we are weak and compared to God, we are pretty much powerless. We can only do so much within our human abilities. However, when we have God on our side, we can do anything. I mean, there are many accounts of mountains moving, seas parting, tempests calming, sicknesses being healed, and dead being raised. More subtle, but I think more common, and arguably more impactful, there are amazing miracles that happen all the time, such as hearts being softened, grief being comforted, truths being understood and answers being given. So I repeat, when we have God on our side, we can do ANYTHING.
We just need faith.
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