18th July Sermon Discussion - The Danger of Drifting...

Scripture: Hebrews 2:1-4; 6:11-12

[TODAY'S SERMON]

Imagine that you are on a raft in an open ocean and you are trying to reach an island. To reach the island, you will have to put in effort and paddle towards it. The moment you stop paddling and do nothing, your raft will just float around aimlessly according to current of the ocean – You end up drifting away.

Our Christian walk is very much the same. The moment we do nothing, we end up drifting away (from God). Two important truths we need to learn from today’s message:

1. Spiritual drifting comes from negligence.
2. Spiritual drifting can be overcome by diligence.

[HOW WE SEE IT...]

So what is all this talk about negligence and diligence? Well let’s try to explain it:

Do you remember using a pencil back in primary school? You have to constantly sharpen your pencils to make sure that they are useable. Negligence is when we are irresponsible and do not constantly sharpen and make sure that our pencils are useable. So in the event we need a pencil, we might just find that our pencils are blunt, broken and useless.

Diligence is when we constantly take responsibility to make sure that our pencils are sharpened and useable at all times.

If your Christian walk is a pencil, are you sharpened and useable or are you blunt and broken? The moment you stop sharpening your walk by reading the bible, spending time with God or praying, you end up drifting further and further away from God.

[THE BIBLE SAYS...]

Hebrews 2:1
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.”

How is your spiritual walk? Are you spending time with God? Are you reading the word? Are you praying? If your answer is no, then it’s time to listen to what Hebrews 2:1 says!

Pay much closer attention to your spiritual walk. Make it a point to seek God everyday so that you do not drift away!

Remember, what is it that we must do to drift away? – Nothing!
So what are you going to do so you don’t drift away?

[YOUR LIFE...]

Pause and think through your spiritual walk for a moment. What are some areas that you’ve not been sharpening? Write it down below and commit to the Lord that you will start sharpening it today!

Example: Prayer, quiet time, reading bible etc.

[SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT...]

The great thing about God’s plan for our lives is that He didn’t just plan for us to walk through our Christian walk alone! Apart from being there, God has also sent many people to you to minister to you on His behalf. A good example would be your cell group!

Take some time to ask these questions as a cell:
1. What are some things we can do as a cell to ensure that all the members of the cell do not drift away?
2. What can I do during my own daily schedule to ensure that I do not drift away? (Click here to read full post)