"Behold, if they will not believe my words, they would not believe you, my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them all these things which I have committed unto you."
Doctrine and Covenants 5:7
This is God reassuring Joseph, who was perhaps frustrated that he couldn't just show and prove to everyone that he really had seen an angel and obtained ancient records. Knowing that you are telling the truth and still having the majority of people disbelieve you... that would be frustrating for anyone. God doesn't tell him all the reasons, although many come up later in the overall story with the loss of the pages they had translated already. God does let him know that showing people everything isn't the answer in this case, and that if they won't listen to his words in another form, they wouldn't believe Joseph anyway. The Spirit is there either way, and people have the chance to feel and accept that and change, or not.
Today, let's try not to be frustrated that people don't understand, but let's go forward, trusting God that there are good reasons for the way things are, and working to help and love where we can. Let's give people the opportunity to hear God's word, and then as they (and we) bind those words more strongly to ourselves and use them to change and grow, we will see and know more and more, until the perfect day. :)
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