![]() ![]() They drift away with every worldly wind that blows. The drifting believer sacrifices the victorious life in Christ for an existence devoid of permanent satisfaction. America is filled with people who believe in God, but they are like ships without anchors. But since the consequences are a hard heart, a numb conscience, and dead ears, what they end up with is less. People drift from God in search of more-more freedom, choices, and pleasure. Shrinking away from testimonies about divine power, grace, and mercy, he avoids situations that might reawaken the conscience and stir his spirit to repentance. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. What's more, his heart hardens to the things of God. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and they intermarried with them. ![]() Can you imagine a more dangerous situation?Īs the drifting believer's conscience becomes anesthetized, his spiritual ears are also deadened-truth cannot gain entrance because he has invited wrong attitudes and philosophies into his thinking process. A person who becomes desensitized to wrongdoing has paved the way for more sinful behavior with less guilt. If a Christian continually excuses his wandering ways and denies sin, then his conscience gradually numbs. The Holy Spirit pricks a believer's conscience to send a message when he is off course, but the drifter is prone to ignore such warnings. And there are consequences for casting yourself on uncharted and dangerous waters.Ī life adrift is outside of God's will and therefore in sin. Like an empty boat set loose upon the waters, he or she makes a slow and lazy glide away from good practices like disciplined obedience, regular Bible study, prayer, and assembling with fellow Christians. Doug Johnson is the senior pastor at Raven Assembly of God in Raven, Virginia.Spiritual drifting-the gradual wandering away from God and His will-takes place when a believer ceases to steer toward the Lord. He’s as close as the mention of His name! Your future is uncertain, and you think there’s no hope.īut there is a lifeline and His name is Jesus.ĭon’t trust in your own strength, reach up and grasp the Lifeline. You may be drowning in depression and discouragement. You may be reading this article and feel that you’re sinking like the Titanic because of addictions. Someone is drifting away Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline! There’s an old song we used to sing in church when I was a boy and its words still ring true today: “Soon will the season of rescue be o’er, soon will they drift to eternity’s shore haste then, my brother, no time for delay, but throw out the lifeline and save them today. Proud, modern civilization, heedless of the claims of Christ - is rushing headlong toward destruction.Īnd the only thing standing between humanity and destruction is Jesus. Gods of Drifting is a high speed racing game where you have to master the art of drifting through the curves to achieve best times. What a perfect illustration of all human society. No one would ever again feel the same confidence in man’s strength. You see, the Titanic was more than a ship.īut when the “unsinkable” sank, something went down with it. The Titanic’s builders were so confident in their design and the fact it wouldn’t sink that they took out the lifeboats, so more passengers could get on board. Race your way through the top charts of the best drivers world wide. ![]() In Gods of Drifting (GoD) you are the driver of various high speed racing cars trying to reach for the worlds best times on 30 different tracks. The real tragedy of this story is not that we lost such a luxurious ship, but that there were lifeboats for less than half of the passengers! Gods of Drifting is a high speed racing game where you have to master the art of drifting through the curves to achieve best times. Two-and-a-half hours after the impact, nearly 1,500 people needlessly went to a watery grave in 12,000 feet of icy water. Most of the survivors were women and children. Jesus said in John 15:13, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Many willingly paid the ultimate sacrifice for their friends: death. That horrible night, there were men who scrambled and sought to save themselves, caring nothing of others.īut there were also those who willingly stepped aside to let others be saved, knowing they would die.įathers kissed their wives and children good-bye.įriends embraced for the last time and separated, knowing they would not see each other again on this earth. ![]()
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