Helaman had proven through his faithfulness and diligence that he stood blameless before God, ’Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day’ (DC 4:2). Nephi had done just that, and because of his diligence, he was about to receive a great blessing from the Lord according to the promise, ’All victory and glory is brought to pass unto you through your diligence, faithfulness, and prayers’ (DC 103:36). Unfortunately, most of us have a difficult time with diligence. To us the Lord has said, ’be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work…The Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days’ (DC 64:33-4). And so, it is our charge to be as Nephi, not weary in well-doing, but diligent—serving him with all our heart, might, mind and strength.
L. Aldin Porter
“No blessing that came to Nephi will be denied anyone in this dispensation who will give the same devotion, the same commitment, to the Lord and to His work.” (Ensign, Aug. 1998, p. 6)
Neal A. Maxwell
“President Spencer W. Kimball exhibited the same ‘unwearyingness’ as the Lord commended in Nephi (Helaman 10:4-5). One of the author’s last real conversations with President Kimball included his wistful comment concerning his ministry: ’I should have done more!’ How he could have done more none of us knows, but this comment is indicative of his unwearyingness. He endured so well the unusual number of afflictions life placed upon him while serving so many so incessantly.” (A Wonderful Flood of Light, p. 124)
Neal A. Maxwell
"Nephi had not selfishly sought his ’own life,‘ but rather had sought to do God’s will. This gave him the extra and undivided energy which made his striving with unwearied diligence possible. Nephi knew in which direction he faced: toward God.
“In contrast, and to be pitied, are the ambivalent, forever pivoting as between looking toward God or man. With all the incessant pivoting, no wonder some grow so weary! Instead, if we let our own wills be swallowed up in the will of the Lord, there is a more holistic deployment of our talents (see Mosiah 15:7). Like Nephi, we are not to pursue our own wills.” (If Thou Endure It Well, p. 116)