Brother Griffin made a really good analogy in class this week. In comparing Laman and Lemuel to Nephi. How they are thermometers (reactors) and he is a thermostat (actor). A thermometer tells you when it's too cold or too hot, while a thermostat will say "It's too cold, I'll make it warmer." To be a thermostat, you need to exercise faith in the Lord and *take the next step*, even if you don't know what the outcome will be. These steps related to receiving revelation. When we receive guidance from the Lord, we need to act on it in order to receive the next step in the plan, or the next bit of revelation. What is even MORE amazing, is that, this plan is the "blueprint" that's designed to make us into temples, or an extension of Heaven. I absolutely Love how well all of these concepts connect, and it gives me *huge* motivation to be better, to be like Nephi. Or, as Brother Griffin has said before:
"Try a little harder to be a little better, take another step of faith today."
Today. Nephi always acted right away, and that's one of the reasons I look up to him as an example of how to be. Taking a step of faith sooner, rather than later, brings up more revelation and more blessings. Something else Brother Griffin said that I really liked was: "Don't stand there paralyzed for too long." Act. Take a step of faith. These concepts are so amazing to me, and I'm incredibly grateful they are accessible to us in the scriptures.
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