Sunday Reflections

Drifting on a lake in a boat is one thing; drifting in life is something else entirely. If you fall asleep in a boat, nothing much happens. If you try to sleepwalk through life, you will end up somewhere you never intended. Hebrews 2:1 warns us, “We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.” Drifting from Christ comes naturally – we humans are inclined to wander away from God. But it takes supernatural discipline to anchor yourself to Him when strong, cultural currents are tugging at your heart. Every day we are rowing upstream, against the tide, and it’s possible for any of us to float away morally or spiritually. Friend, do not coast away from your first love of Jesus. Don’t look up at the end of this month and be stunned at the distance between you and God. Use today, Sunday, to anchor yourself to His Word, and sing with me the words to this sweet, old hymn: “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love. Here’s my heart, oh, take and seal; seal it for Thy courts above.”