We are on our staff retreat down at the Salt Mantra resort at the moment and having a great time. Its good to get the team together away from the pressures of church life and have some outsiders come and speak into us. I think all of us start off full of passion and zeal about serving God but sometimes along the way it’s easy to slide into professionalism without His presence. At the moment I am watching my son and his friend Mitchell surfing in some really ugly waves. The ugliest part is the rip that is pulling them down beach at an alarming rate. Like these kids trying to paddle against the rip we as leaders never wake up one day and decide to give up, not trust God, stumble morally, hate church, lose touch with who we are, but we “drift” into it. Drifting is probably the main reason why most leaders fall out of love with what they do, they don’t want to, but it happens gradually, like a slow current it pulls us away from where we first entered the water (or our calling).
DRIFTING IS BEING CARRIED OR DRIVEN SLOWLY BY A CURRENT, TO WANDER AWAY FROM A FIXED COURSE, TO MOVE AIMLESSLY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
Hebrews 2:1 (NIV)
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
It was obviously a problem for New Testament leaders as well as us today. The writer tells us to “pay more careful attention”, careful attention to what though?
ACHIEVEMENT IS THE RESULT OF YOU PROTECTING YOUR FOCUS
I think the best way to protect yourself against drifting is by establishing reference points. A reference point is like when we go to the beach and there are 2 red and yellow flags that mark the area that life savers would like you to swim. Get in trouble between those flags and help is on the way, get in trouble outside them and they may struggle finding you.
A reference point is simply our personal boundary markers that indicate when we are starting to drift.
Some could be:
*Regular church attendance
*Tithing
*Telling your family daily that you love them
*Hanging out with friends
*Waist measurement ( Maybe you are a 34 but if you reach a 38 then a little alarm goes off and motivates you back to the gym)
All of us are prone t drifting! So let me encourage you to discover your “driftability” and set a few reference points around it so that we won’t drift away.
Speaking of drifting I cant see these kids at all now!!
DRIFTING IS BEING CARRIED OR DRIVEN SLOWLY BY A CURRENT, TO WANDER AWAY FROM A FIXED COURSE, TO MOVE AIMLESSLY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
Hebrews 2:1 (NIV)
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
It was obviously a problem for New Testament leaders as well as us today. The writer tells us to “pay more careful attention”, careful attention to what though?
ACHIEVEMENT IS THE RESULT OF YOU PROTECTING YOUR FOCUS
I think the best way to protect yourself against drifting is by establishing reference points. A reference point is like when we go to the beach and there are 2 red and yellow flags that mark the area that life savers would like you to swim. Get in trouble between those flags and help is on the way, get in trouble outside them and they may struggle finding you.
A reference point is simply our personal boundary markers that indicate when we are starting to drift.
Some could be:
*Regular church attendance
*Tithing
*Telling your family daily that you love them
*Hanging out with friends
*Waist measurement ( Maybe you are a 34 but if you reach a 38 then a little alarm goes off and motivates you back to the gym)
All of us are prone t drifting! So let me encourage you to discover your “driftability” and set a few reference points around it so that we won’t drift away.
Speaking of drifting I cant see these kids at all now!!
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