Faithful is Fearless

D&C 6:34, 36 says "Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail...Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."  In other words, bring it on.

I play an online role play computer game with my siblings, in which I have no fear. Nothing can touch me. I trust in my armor, my level, my skills, my team.

In life I can have no fear, for I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. With the armor of God, nothing can touch me. Think of all the prophets. Of Nephi, Abinadi, Joseph Smith, Helaman and his little army. They had no fear, because the knew in whom they trusted.

In stake conference a few weeks ago, one of the speakers told a story of an American pilot who flew across the Bering Strait from Alaska to bring food and supplies to little village in Siberia during the Cold War. My first thought was "be careful". What I learned from this story is that the salvation of souls is more important than being careful.

Over the last few months, I have been wondering if I should make some decisions that would drastically change the direction of my life. The thought of those decisions and the implications for my future terrified me.  But in March, I finally felt it was time. With the guidance of the Holy Ghost, I began to put my plan in motion. On that day, I was fearless.

 Another thing I have learned is that sometimes Heavenly Father asks us to be prepared to take a leap of faith, but in reality it turns out to be a small step.  Like Abraham. He was asked to sacrifice his son, and he was prepared to do so. But when it came down to it, he was only asked to sacrifice a ram.  

I needed to be prepared to take a leap of faith to have the impetus to move forward at all. Then the magnitude of what I was being asked to do was dialed back, and then dialed back again, then it turned and became a small step in a different direction. But I was prepared to take a leap of faith.  And I was fearless.