Drift

Two years ago, I was with my family in Cancun.  My two younger boys and I decided we wanted to go swimming.  I remember wading out into the water about 25 or 30 feet.  After splashing around for a few minutes I noticed we had drifted more than 50 feet from where we originally started.  In order for us to maintain our postition we had to continually reaclimate ourselves to where my wife was sitting.  Drift is one of the biggest problems in the Christian life.  We start out with so much passion for the things of God, but we often get distracted by the things of this world and the worries of life.  Our intentions are not to move away from God, however that is exactly what happens.  The author of Hebrews warns us that we must pay more careful attention so that we do not drift away.  What is he talking about?  He is talking about the Gospel.  Our focus and our attention must continually be reoriented towards Gods' Word.  Because God's Word is alive and active it will continually nugde us and push us back into alignment with God.  This is why the Psalmist said "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path".