Lest we drift

 

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.- Hebrews 2:1

 

Drifting away is a terrible threat. Drifting is a natural thing though. We don’t actively pursue and participate it is easy to just gradually fall away. A lot of us have been out of church for so long that I feel like many people are still drifting away.

 

Likewise, if we don’t stay attuned to God’s word we are likely to drift away from its truths.

 

So we are told to take ‘earnest heed’ to the things we have heard. Casually listening to a message on a Sunday morning is good, but it is not enough. It is not enough to have a quick look at the scriptures. We must make an effort and earnestly and sincerely pay attention to the truth.

 

If we are not taking heed to the word of God we are going to be taking heed to something else, and probably not the better things.

 

 

Too many times in my own lives my life has slowly drifted away. I’ve seen too many friends ruined as they drifted slowly and then in a major way. When we don’t pay earnest heed we will drift.

 

Stay close, go to church, read your Bible, pray. That’s the only way to keep from drifting