Hebrews
2:1-3 (please read)
Two young men were fishing
above a low dam on a river near their hometown.
As they were concentrating on catching fish, they were unaware that they
had drifted until they were not far from the water flowing over the dam. When they realized their situation, the
current near the dam had become too powerful for them to keep their boat from
going over. Below the dam the water was
dashing with strong force over great boulders and through crevices in the
rocks. Caught by the swirling waters under the rocks, they never came to the
surface. After days of relentless
searching, the divers finally found one body, and then, two or three days
later, the other.
Drifting can be realized by an individual who simply FLOATS through life,
never accomplishing much and certainly not concerned about temporal or
eternal consequences that lie ahead! (Dangerous!!!)
The
danger of drifting is not limited to the physical realm! In the physical/temporal realm we’re simply wasting time and
opportunities!
The above text seems to warn us about a more dangerous drifting – a “spiritual
drifting” that is all too subtle so that many are not concerned.
Have any of you been drifting
for some time? Would you know it if you were?
It’s a feeling of “mere existence.”
It’s going through the motions without any true satisfaction! It
can lead to disappointment and disillusionment.
All through life there are times
when God calls us to re-dedication. After a childhood conversion I
noticed the need for youth to rededicate themselves:
· Junior High
· End of High school
· Near the end of College
· Marriage
· Thirty years old
· Again, and again, and again!
There are certain times and phases
in life when we need to get refocused and “back on the
straight and narrow!”That time may be NOW. Drifting must not continue any longer!
