the lie of drifting

Yesterday we continued our series DRIFT at The Community Fellowship, and it continues to amaze me in what God does.

DRIFT can happen slow or fast, but it happens often. Drift is defined as a driving movement or force, as in winds or currents, water or air or even by circumstances wandering aimlessly. Has drift happened to us? Or is drifting happening now?

There are times when we come to know Him and love Him so, so much. We promise God if He will save us, give to us or meet our need that we will not forget Him. Yet we forget. Drifting happens.

James 1:23-25 NLT

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

We see Him. We hear Him. We look away and begin to drift. Throughout the Bible people who love God, people who have followed God are leaving or slowing moving away from God. It hurts. It leaves us needy and shameful and confused.

The facts about DRIFT reminds us that we need to be careful to not drift. Stay tied to what we have learned. Choose your journey carefully or the jpourney you don’t want will choose you. Make sure it is the right direction.

Hebrews 2:1 NLT

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

When we stop looking to God and look at people, we start to drift. We need to remember God and look to Him.

Deuteronomy 6:4 NASB

“Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

Drift happens when we follow the wrong people or don’t listen to God. It will some be evident to the people around us.

Isaiah 29:13 NLT

And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

God back. Return to God. Let Him work and see how incredible life can be when the drift is stopped and His will is sought.

Revelation 2:4-5 NLT

“But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! 5 Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.

The week is here. I leave for Cuba on Wednesday. Please pray for the trip. Pray for the retreat I will help host this weekend for the FCA sports ministry staff in Cuba. Thank you! God is good!

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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