The Danger of Drift (1 of 6)
Series: Centered In Christ
Jeff Ecklund
Hebrews 2:1
Illustration of a car with a front wheel out of balance...At low speeds it was not noticeable, but became dangerous at high speeds...
Hebrews 2:1 (NASB95) 1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
There was a time in my life as a young person that I had committed my life to Jesus, was absolutely head over heels in love with God, loved my youth group, couldn't wait until church, church camp...worship...anything to do with God I was excited about...
Then I began to drift...
Have you ever had a lawnmower, boat prop, etc. that had become unbalanced, ''out of round'' so to speak...Still operates but you hear that ''whump, whump, whump'' and realize that if you don't do something to bring balance, to bring ''centeredness'' again that something worse is going to happen?
When I think about the word ''centered'' I think of something being ''central'' in position, in the ''center'' and I think of balance...
It is so easy to get ''out of balance''...and being ''out of balance'' leads to a dangerous concept of drift.
There is a romantic idea of drift...no place to be or go just floating along.
Question....has there been a day where you loved God more, served Him more, worshipped Him more than you do now?
Do you have less conviction, faith, passion than at some other time in your life than you do now?...maybe you have fallen into the ''drift' that the writer of Hebrews warns about?
How would those same dynamics of drift work in your relationships here on earth?
Don't love you like I used to, serve you like I used to, have the passion that I used to, going through the motions...
Out of balance, out of a centered life in Christ and have fallen into the ''drift''...
There are a few reasons for drift...
1. No Depth
Maybe no issue that will cause you to drift faster or farther than no ...
Series: Centered In Christ
Jeff Ecklund
Hebrews 2:1
Illustration of a car with a front wheel out of balance...At low speeds it was not noticeable, but became dangerous at high speeds...
Hebrews 2:1 (NASB95) 1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
There was a time in my life as a young person that I had committed my life to Jesus, was absolutely head over heels in love with God, loved my youth group, couldn't wait until church, church camp...worship...anything to do with God I was excited about...
Then I began to drift...
Have you ever had a lawnmower, boat prop, etc. that had become unbalanced, ''out of round'' so to speak...Still operates but you hear that ''whump, whump, whump'' and realize that if you don't do something to bring balance, to bring ''centeredness'' again that something worse is going to happen?
When I think about the word ''centered'' I think of something being ''central'' in position, in the ''center'' and I think of balance...
It is so easy to get ''out of balance''...and being ''out of balance'' leads to a dangerous concept of drift.
There is a romantic idea of drift...no place to be or go just floating along.
Question....has there been a day where you loved God more, served Him more, worshipped Him more than you do now?
Do you have less conviction, faith, passion than at some other time in your life than you do now?...maybe you have fallen into the ''drift' that the writer of Hebrews warns about?
How would those same dynamics of drift work in your relationships here on earth?
Don't love you like I used to, serve you like I used to, have the passion that I used to, going through the motions...
Out of balance, out of a centered life in Christ and have fallen into the ''drift''...
There are a few reasons for drift...
1. No Depth
Maybe no issue that will cause you to drift faster or farther than no ...
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