“as I went forth towards… behold, I saw the
servant of Laban…”
-wow,
what a coincidence!? No! I for one, am humbled and astonished (I
should not be by now, but I still am) that the Lord is in absolute control of
his creation. How can we doubt the
extent of His great power in our puny lives?
He orchestrates his purposes so beautifully that at the very moment
Nephi is on a street corner going toward the treasury, the servant who has the
keys is there to assist Nephi in opening it.
This, split second timing necessarily took into account the delay as
Nephi pondered the question of killing Laban.
That is beautiful and amazing to me.
God in heaven can help us with even the smallest of details here in our
lives.
“I saw the
servant of Laban”
-Continuing
with the theme above, how did Nephi know this person was Laban’s servant, how
did he know that this servant happened to have the keys? There is only one way: the Spirit told him. Not even this small detail was forgotten by
the Lord (and yet was overlooked in the
many times I’ve read this account and had the benefit of hindsight). He knows our smallest, but vital necessities.
"servant
of Laban"
-his name
is not known/given for almost an entire book;
2Nephi 1:30.
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