The Dangers Of Drifting

April 20, 2016 | By Chuck

I remember many years ago fishing on a river with a couple of friends. The river was moving fast that day. We"d motor upstream in the boat then shut it off and fish for a while. The whole time we were fishing we were also drifting. We"d look up and realize we were headed right back where we had come from. The interesting thing about drifting on that river that day is the fact that we hardly noticed it. Unless we paid very close attention we didn't notice we were drifting. I'm afraid the same thing happens in our spiritual lives. At times in our spiritual lives we become complacent and begin to drift. The problem with drifting spiritually is you don't always notice and you really have no aim or direction. "We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away."(Heb.2:1) When we drift we often times don't realize it until we have drifted way off course. That's exactly what Satan wants for us. Satan wants us to become so comfortable in our spiritual lives that we begin to drift away from God and then let our guard down. When we are comfortable enough to let our guard down, Satan is more than comfortable enough to strike with a temptation. To the Christian who is already drifting from God, that temptation may be all that it takes to lead him or her from the Good Shepherd's pasture to the Devil's den. Let us be purposeful in our spiritual lives so that we don't drift away for the Lord. Make it a point to spend time with God in His Word and in prayer with Him and to spend time with God's people. Purposeful Christians may drift, but they certainly won't drift far.