To be a pioneer in spirit
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. (Hebrews 12:2 NIV)
We have to be willing to raise our anchor and sail out to sea, knowing that we will never return to the shores of yesterday. That’s the only way that we’ll discover new lands of opportunity that the Lord promises. There are times in each of our lives when we have to be willing to let go of what the Lord asks us to and grab hold of the new things He brings our way for today and tomorrow.
Each of us will be presented with opportunities to pioneer new things throughout our lives. There are new opportunities, methods, and callings that you will never discover or uncover if you don’t leave behind some of the old and sail out to find the new! Pioneering takes vision, faith, initiative, and courage.
You might not feel that you’re pioneering much of anything at this point in time, but if you have vision, faith, initiative, and courage, then you have a pioneer’s spirit. Even if you haven’t exercised those qualities much in recent times, it’s never too late to step out by faith to go through a new door of opportunity the Lord has set before you.
Be willing to be a pioneer in spirit. To be a pioneer means having the faith to go beyond what you are or where you are at today, in order to become and do what God has planned for you to be and accomplish. [1]
Prompted by the silent whisperings of the Spirit, sustained by a simple yet abiding faith, those pioneer Saints trusted in God. - Thomas S. Monson
[1] Anchor Seizing the Day
