Seven Warning Signs You Are Drifting From God.
Most Christians experience drifting from God instead of suddenly falling into terrible sin. A person doesn’t simply wake up one day and say to themselves, “Today is a great day to start a raging heroin habit,” or, “You know what, I’m in the mood to commit adultery today.” That’s not how it happens.
Big sin is always the sum of a thousand tiny choices. That’s why the author of Hebrews says: Therefore, we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. (Hebrews 2:1)
One of our greatest temptations as Christians is simply to drift away from Christ. We’re not actively running away, just slowly drifting along with the lazy, warm, comfortable current of the world. And the scary thing is we don’t usually notice when we’re drifting. We raise our heads and suddenly realize that we’re a mile away from land.
How can you tell if you’re drifting? Here’s a list of early warning signs:
You spend little, if any, time reading God’s Word and praying – “I’m just too busy right now to read and pray.”
The gospel doesn’t affect you like it used to – “I’ve heard it a thousand times before … it just seems a little old.”
You don’t spend much time fellowshipping with other Christians – “I’ve worked hard, I’m tired, the last thing I want to do is go and be with other people.”
The sins that used to bother you don’t really bother you anymore – “This show isn’t that bad. It doesn’t really tempt me too much.” You find yourself quieting your conscience more frequently – “I know it was wrong, and I’ll pray about it tonight.”
You keep promising yourself that you will stop – “OK, this is the last time I look at that type of TV programing or read those types of Magazines.” You find yourself making excuses for things – “I’m only chatting on Facebook with the guy; it’s not like we’re sleeping together.”
The good news is if you find yourself drifting, you can put a stop to it! God loves to help us stop drifting. He loves to give us the power to change. If you find yourself drifting, there are three things to do:
Repent of your sins and receive the wonderful, complete, free forgiveness from Christ. Christ delights to forgive drifters.
Tell a close friend what has been going on.
Return to the things you used to do, and don’t let condemnation stop you. Go to God’s Word, prayer, fellowship, fighting temptation and listening to the promptings of your conscience.
Don’t let yourself drift. Drifting is dangerous and in many cases it can be lethal. Satan loves for us to drift. He keeps saying it’s no big deal, and it isn’t to him. But for our relationship with God the creator it is. But I am just a sounding board for what’s in God’s word. One of the biggest and loudest words in scripture is REPENT, repent of your sins and HE will wash all your sins away never to be remembered again.
Jesus said to a woman, “Who condemns you?” in John 8. In John 8:11 she answers, “No one, sir.” “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. ” Go now and leave your life of sin.”
In this command’ to “go and sin no more” Jesus is simply reaffirming that “God is Holy, and Man is Sinful, and that we need to flee the wrath to come”. That once you trust Him for salvation, you will always, and must always continue to trust Him and His work done on your behalf, not in your own works.
