Embracing the Unstoppable Trailblazers
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul
Recurrent thought
Trailblazers are ordinary people who achieve extra-ordinary feats in life. These are ordinary people who are driven by Faith in God and despite challenges along the path to their destinies, they endure to the end!
Trailblazers “Sapanganawo Zobwerere mbuyo” - Hebrews 10: 39
Trailblazers in History
Trailblazer are found in many spheres of life: The Church, education, Sports, and Politics
- Wright Brothers: inventors of the first airplane in 1902
- Martin Luther King Jr: A pastor and civil rights leader 1955
- Bill Gates : co-founder of Microsoft
- Rose Chiwambo: First Malawian female to hold a cabinet post
Examples of Trailblazers in the BIBLE
Deborah the only female judge in Israel : Judges 5: 6-7
- In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways
- The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel
- Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego: Daniel 3: 1-30
- O king, we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up
- JESUS of Nazareth Isaiah 11: 1-5; John 1: 45-46
- Phillip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathaniel said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Phillip saith unto him, come and see
- John 21: 25
And there are also many things which Jesus did, if they be written everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen
What characteristics do trailblazers have in common?
- Fearless
- Tenacious/Zealous
- Risk takers
- Pace-setters
- Understand failure
- Leave a Trail/legacy
- Resilient
Why do we need trailblazers to day? - To fulfill the Lord’s Great Commission: Mathews 28: 16-20
- Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
- Go ye therefore, and Teach all Nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”
How do we become unstoppable trailblazers? - Psalms 84: 5-8
- Resolute/purposeful
- Passionate
- Focused
- Resilient (Story of Peter John 21: 1- 22)
The Grace and Favour of God for the Daring Trailblazers - John 21: 1- 22; Luke 5: 3-10; Acts 2: 1-41
- There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
- Simon Peter saith unto them, “I go a fishing.” They said unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered a ship immediately; and that night they Caught Nothing
Daring Trailblazers - Psalms 84: 5-8
- Trailblazers are ordinary people who have the courage to be vulnerable which transforms the way they live