Marvel Not, Doubt Not. The Power of the Word

I am reading in Helaman 5:45-52. It is interesting how once the Spirit enters the Lamanites’ hearts, they are converted. They even give up their lands (Hel. 5:52). Truly, Alma 31:5 is correct:

And now, as the ^apreaching of the ^bword had a great tendency to ^clead the people to do that which was just —yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God.

They were told to, “go forth and marvel not, neither should they doubt” (Hel. 5:49). I think of this in light of spiritual experiences we all have, in particular the ones that I’ve had. When I feel the Spirit, I know something is true. As soon as I am not fully engulfed in the Spirit, then the evil one comes and tries to convince me that I did not feel the Spirit. But we go forth, marveling and doubting not. Webster’s 1828 dictionary says “marvel” is “to wonder.” We wonder if we really felt the Spirit. That is a tactic of the evil one.