Nephi’s
description of building the ship and travelling to America is so brief that it
is breathtaking. These accomplishments
are, in and of themselves, worthy of great praise by us, the readers of his
record. Yet, Nephi only mentions them in
passing to get to his main point: We will reach the Promised Land if, and only
if, we are willing to submit to the Lord’s will in all things.
Building the
ship was not done after the knowledge Nephi possessed. The Lord revealed what and how.
Sailing
through the thousands of miles of open sea, around continents, islands, and
unknown waters and to the precise place they were supposed to go, was
accomplished only through the Lord’s tutorials.
When “rudeness”
was introduced by some of the family aboard ship, the Lord chastened the
sea-goers with a near death experience.
He will not be mocked, and rudeness will not be accepted without
consequences.
As Nephi
mentioned early in the ship-building process, “And I, Nephi, did go into the
mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me
great things,” we too must seek Him daily and listen to His promptings, then he
will show us the way to go.
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