Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Adrift

Many years ago our pastor spoke about drifting.

I am not into boating but I can image that drifting is nothing more than letting the wind and current take you wherever it wills. If there are no oars in the water, no sail, no rudder, then the boat will have no real intentional direction.

I imagine that drifting could lead to the boat aimlessly floating along and then without much notice there appears a dangerous waterfall. If there is nothing to power the boat away from danger then the unintentional consequence of drifting is possible death and certain destruction.

Unfortunately, if we are not purposeful and intentional, we will drift along this life being carried along by all sorts of selfish desires and carried further and further from the safety of the shore where truth and life reside.

It is often in a moment of crisis that we become painfully aware of our drifting. It exposes the reality that we have not been as intentional with our life, our spouse our career, or our children and family.

In response to this reality, we will either  think that we have gone to far and there is no hope or we will  raise the sails, put the oars in the water and do those things that we ought to have been doing all along.

Drifting will get you nowhere. It is only with intentional thought and action do we make positive progress in life. It is seeking Christ and His ways and then living in His power and strength.

"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." Colossians 3:1-2