INTRO: The Quiet Drift

Yesterday, I was out on the boat with my family. We found a sandbar near John’s Pass, dropped anchor, and jumped in.

• Now, here’s the thing about that anchor for people that don’t understand boats. As long as an anchor holds, we will stay in place around that anchor.
• The wind blew, the current pulled—but we weren’t going anywhere because we were anchored.
• But the moment I stepped off the boat, I realized something else:
• The current was strong.
• The water wasn’t still—it was moving.
• And I decided to just float for a minute…
• I wasn’t fighting the current.
• I wasn’t swimming.
• I was just… drifting.
• And before I even realized it, I looked up and noticed I had moved.
• It occurred to me that before I knew it if I wasn’t careful, the current would pull me somewhere I didn’t want to go. It would pull me to a place I was in over my head. It would be hard to get back tot he boat.

Here’s the spiritual reality:

The same thing happens in life, and the same thing happens in your walk with God.

• If you’re not anchored… you will drift.
• And listen—most people don’t drift because they want to…
  • They drift because they stop fighting the current.
  • They drift because it’s easy.
  • They stop staying anchored to the things of God.
• And one day, they look up…
  • Their peace is gone…
  • Their passion is gone…
  • Their faith feels far away…
• Then they notice things get hard.