Do you feel like you've been drifting away from God?
It's easy to do.
I heard a scripture this morning out of Hebrews 2 starting in verse 1 and I thought it was
really good.
We must, this is Hebrews 2 verse 1 in the NIV, we must pay more careful attention to
what we've heard so that we do not drift away.
And I started thinking about drifting.
What does drifting really look like?
Well, I was raised on the mighty Missouri River and I had friends and family that had
boats and what we would do is we would pack up food and towels and inner tubes and we
would get in the boat and we would ride up the river, maybe 30, 45 minutes and then when
we got far enough up, then what we would do is we would just cut the motor and we would
start floating.
And it was effortless.
I mean, you didn't have to do anything to drift.
You could just float and the scenery would change and you weren't spending any money
on gas or anything.
You just sit around and talk and enjoy the scenery and it might be an hour until you
got back to the harbor or whatever and it was just really relaxing and a lot of fun.
It took no effort.
Well, you know, we can do the same thing with our lives spiritually.
It's really easy to drift if we don't put in the effort and I am preaching to myself
today because I know exactly how it feels.
How do you know you're drifting?
Well, there's some big indicators.
Are you not spending any time in the Word anymore?
Are you not praying anymore?
You can get so busy you forget or you can remember, man, this is pretty rough.
This is what I'm doing right now.
I really need to pray because I need God's grace to make this easier.
We all can get so busy that we forget to invite God into what we're doing.
You know, sometimes you just don't get as excited about the things of God.
Maybe it's another way you know you're drifting.
You don't spend any time with any other Christians or believers.
You don't want to hear Christian music or radio or broadcasts or whatever, and you don't
feel the need to repent of any sin.
You don't want to trust God anymore.
You don't want to talk about God anymore, and you begin to justify what you've been
doing.
Now, when you get to the justification point, that's when it can get kind of serious.
Okay, so what do you do if you're there?
Well, just a couple simple little things today.
First off, you just got to confess it and acknowledge it because that's really where
change starts.
If you will just begin to acknowledge, you know, I haven't been focusing on God the way
I need to.
I need to go back.
I need to listen to the word, or maybe it's just time to go back to church and sit under
a pastor who's under the anointing, and you can begin to go, yeah, maybe I need to make
some adjustments in my life.
You know, believe that God loves you unconditionally, and his grace is enough to cover you while
you drift, and he is.
You know, he's always there.
We are the ones that have a tendency to kind of, you know, take a little jog, a little
shift, but he is faithful regardless of how we feel, regardless of our circumstances.
I mean, I've had a very rough summer, three deaths in four months, okay?
I've had a lot, but I can tell you, even in those moments when maybe I'm not in the word,
and maybe I'm not focusing on something spiritual, or, you know, maybe when I'm not thinking
about him or whatever, he's always there.
It's me.
I'm the one.
I'm the one who's made a decision to try to do something on my own, knowing very well
that that generally doesn't work very well.
Yeah.
You know, it really has to go back to just renewing what you know, and that doesn't seem
like such a big thing, but why do we fight it?
You know, I have some prayer outlines that I pray from Elizabeth Alves, and I can tell
you when things are really dry and things are really dead, there's things I've got to
do.
I've got to go back to just what I know.
Go back to praying the word.
Go back to worshiping God.
Go back to taking the time at the beginning of the day to invite him into the process,
and soon enough, you'll be right back on track again.
We don't have to drift.
I think we all do.
I think it's all human nature.
especially when things are hard or complicated or stressful or
Exhausting or you know, you're on a bit of emotional roller coaster, okay
Cut yourself a little slack
And start over again. He's good
He's faithful and he will see you through. Thanks for listening and have a great day
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