Drifting Away

There is a big difference in being pulled away swiftly and slowly drifting away.  When we are pulled from something immediately, we are very aware of what is taking place.  However, when we drift at a slow pace we might not realize it until it is too late.  I remember as a young girl, my sister and I were in the ocean swimming.  The current was gradually carrying us out further and under the dock.  When we realized we weren't close to the shore, we began to try and swim to the beach.  However, by then it was too late.  The current had taken us too far and we weren't able to fight against the waves to make our way back in.  Thank goodness our parents saw us and sent a friend to the water to get us.  Sometimes in life, we are drifting away from the Lord and don't realize it.  The sad part is one day we will wake up and be somewhere we don't want to be - too far from Christ. 

Where are you today? Are you drifting?  I want to be the friend who is swimming out in the water to pull you back.  To pour God's truth on you and to join with you in fighting the current to come back to Christ.  Don't get me wrong - I don't pretend to be where I want in my walk with Him.  It is my desire to grow nearer to Him each day.  I have drifted before.  I have felt the lostness of being consumed in this world and being without Him.  In my brokenness, I came back to Him seeking Him with all my heart.  It was then I knew I would cling as tight as I could to hold firm to my relationship with Christ.   What kind of relationship do you want to have with Christ?  Do you desire to have a casual or intimate relationship with Him.  The definition of casual is "without definite or serious intention; careless, seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; apathetic".  How horrible!  Who wants to even make the effort to have that kind of relationship?  Especially with our Creator, Lord and Savior.  On the other hand, the definition of intimacy is "the feeling of being in a close personal association and belonging together. It is a familiar and very close affective connection with another as a result of a bond that is formed through knowledge and experience of the other. Genuine intimacy requires dialogue, transparency, vulnerability and reciprocity. The verb "intimate" means "to state or make known".   An intimate relationship with Christ means we are closely tied with Him.  We are familiar with His ways (God's word) and we go to Him about our ways.  It is having knowledge of Who He is and spending time with Him so you can experience His greatness.  It means talking with Him, opening up your heart completely to Him, being vulnerable before Him and for Him, and not only asking of Him but serving Him. 

I pray you are tied to the anchor of our loving Savior, so you won't drift too far and can't be pulled back to Him.  If you haven't given your heart to Christ, you can do that by acknowledging Him for dying on the cross for your sins, accepting Him as your Lord and begin seeking to know Him and living your life for Him.  Perhaps you have already made that decision, but today you look at yourself and you have drifted away from your faith.  Don't be deceived by a "slow fade" of obedience!  Come back to a complete trust in Jesus and seek a life that will honor Him.  Hebrews 2:1  "We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away."