Working Through The Wicked

Mormon 8: 7-8 And behold, the Lamanites have hunted my people, the Nephites, down from city to city and from place to place, even until they are no more; and great has been their fall; yea, great and marvelous is the destruction of my people, the Nephites.

And behold, it is the hand of the Lord which hath done it. ...

When God does His work, He usually does it through those who are already physically on the Earth. He sends messages through His living Prophets. He has us do service for others, for Him. In many instances, we are His hands. But, interestingly enough, so were the Lamanites. As it turns out, one doesn't necessary have to be righteous to do the Lord's work. God works with the tools He has. This often means that He uses imperfect (and sometimes immoral) people to do His perfect work, but He manages, often surprisingly well.

God works in mysterious ways, and that includes working through imperfect, mortal people. And apparently, it also sometimes includes working through the kind of people who normally seem unlikely to be on the Lord's errand.