Alma next gives us a most interesting dissertation on the Liahona or the director which brought Lehi and his colony through the wilderness and across the sea to the promised land. This instrument was a device used by God to not only guide Lehi and his company but to communicate the will of the Lord to them. But it only worked when they were faithful. Alma says:
“And now, my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the thing which our fathers call a ball, or director -- or our fathers called it Liahona, which is, being interpreted, a compass; and the Lord prepared it. And behold, there cannot any man work after the manner of so curious a workmanship. And behold, it was prepared to show unto our fathers the course which they should travel in the wilderness. And it did work for them according to their faith in God; therefore, if they had faith to believe that God could cause that those spindles should point the way they should go, behold, it was done; therefore they had this miracle, and also many other miracles wrought by the power of God, day by day.”
“Let All Thy Thoughts Be Directed Unto the Lord”
Alma next gives us a most interesting dissertation on the Liahona or the director which brought Lehi and his colony through the wilderness and across the sea to the promised land. This instrument was a device used by God to not only guide Lehi and his company but to communicate the will of the Lord to them. But it only worked when they were faithful. Alma says:
“And now, my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the thing which our fathers call a ball, or director -- or our fathers called it Liahona, which is, being interpreted, a compass; and the Lord prepared it. And behold, there cannot any man work after the manner of so curious a workmanship. And behold, it was prepared to show unto our fathers the course which they should travel in the wilderness. And it did work for them according to their faith in God; therefore, if they had faith to believe that God could cause that those spindles should point the way they should go, behold, it was done; therefore they had this miracle, and also many other miracles wrought by the power of God, day by day.”