Gene R. Cook
"There are two important points here that we need to remember. First, after two failures, Nephi still remained strong in the faith. Even when Laman and Lemuel were beating him, he believed. I ask, do you still believe when you are being beaten by life? Do you say to the Lord, 'I do not know how I am going to do it, Father, but with thy help I am still going to accomplish thy will.' Or, do you follow the example of Laman and Lemuel who doubted, murmured, feared, and gave up?
"The second point is that Nephi, after resisting two great failures, finally had his faith rewarded. An angel came! Nephi must have needed some support right then, and I imagine that helped. But what did he know, at that moment that he did not know before? The angel said, 'Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.' (Verse 29.) Then Nephi knew the Lord's timetable, which is a very important thing to know. There are many things that are the will of the Lord but whose timetables are not known to man. Keep that in mind when you are trying to accomplish the Lord's will." (Living by the Power of Faith, p. 47)