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The Danger of Drifting - Hebrews 2:1

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  For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away. Hebrews 2:1 CSB Focus on the Lord Believers must focus! If I don’t, I drift (Focus means that I am depending on Him). And drifting doesn’t sound like that big a deal, right? Wrong. For me drifting has brought wreckage. Hurt. Both to me and my loved ones. A little drifting here and there, and one day I wake up to find that I can’t see the shore anymore. I don’t know where to turn. I have no sense of who I am. I don’t see the Holy Spirit’s work in me. When I drift, God didn’t go anywhere. He is still right with me, caring for me, shining His light on what I need to see, disciplining me. But in my drift, I miss so much of the benefit of being a Christian. Even worse, I’m missing out on the face to face relationship I could be having with Jesus. Lead Me Back I also lose my grip on much of the usefulness I could be having among the body of Christ. As a part of the bod