The Gadianton robbers finally decided to come out to battle against the Nephites, but the Nephites didn't make it easy for them. They had harvested everything and gathered all their food and animals and people into one central place. They had the ability to live there 7 years before they ran out of supplies. The robbers lived off the land, so they relied on wild animals and the spoils of war for their sustenance, but when they saw the Nephites hadn't left anything behind for them. They also were worried about attacking them openly because all the Nephites gathered together in once place was a pretty formidable group.
After a few battles, the Nephites were successful in driving out the Gadianton robbers.
"30 And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection.
31 And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one, in singing, and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them, in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies.
32 Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God. And they did cry: Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.
33 And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction." (3 Nephi 4:30-33)
Their lives were spared. They knew that it was God that had spared them. They knew how to respond when God gave them a blessing.
Hopefully I can be more grateful and rejoice more in the things that God has given me.
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