And [the Liahona] 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.
Faith is manifest in works. As long as Nephi's family believed that the Liahona pointed them in the right direction and they followed it, God caused the spindles to point out their course. As soon as they stopped following the Liahona and tried to choose their own way, the device stopped working. No sense in giving directions that people won't follow. The same is true of the Holy Spirit. As long as we believe we can receive direction from the Spirit and follow diligently the direction we receive, the Spirit will keep working with us. But as soon as we quit listening and decide our own way is better, the Spirit will stop trying to coach us. No sense in giving us directions we won't follow.
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