At the start of the Book of Mormon Nephi is given the Liahona to lead himself and his family to the Promised Land.  It worked due to their faith.  It led them directly where they needed to go.  They only had to have faith and follow exactly where it told them to go.  Alma 37:38-41, 

38 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.
 39 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.
 40 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.
 41 Nevertheless, because those miracles were worked by small means it did show unto them marvelous works. They were slothful, and forgot to exercise their faith and diligence and then those marvelous works ceased, and they did not progress in their journey;

In our lives today we have a Liahona to guide and direct us.  It’s not a curious ball with a spindle, rather it is a small blue book. 

The Book of Mormon is the keystone to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  It was prepared by the Lord to guide and direct us.  It tells us where to go as we are traveling in the wilderness, but to receive that guidance we must have faith and act on it. 

In verse 40 it states that after they had faith, and read the Liahona, they were able to see miracles.  If we are struggling in our lives we must read the scriptures and have faith in them, then God will show unto us miracles. 

Since having a testimony of the Book of Mormon is so important Satan attacks it a lot.  He doesn’t want us to know it is true so he confuses us and gives us doubts.  We must pray time and time again to gain that testimony.  We must read the scriptures every day and apply them into our lives.    

Their faith was strong

They knew of thy son

They waited long

His work wasn’t done

The children were blessed one by one

They were taught His doctrine

Christ forgot none

He forgave all their sins

Many were brought to the light

They stepped into the water

For they knew it to be right

All the sons and daughters

After years of forgetting

They knew the way

They went on teaching

His truth day by day

For they had seen Him

The only Begotten Son