Verse from Hebrews

“因此，我们必须更加密切注意所听过的道理，免得我们随流失去。”

希伯来书 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.”

Hebrews 2:1

At the end of one school semester, Lawrence and his wife picked up their daughter from her school 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. On their way back home they detoured to a nearby beach resort for snacks. While enjoying their time there, they watched the boats at the seashore. Usually they are anchored to prevent them from drifting away, but he noticed one boat drifting unhindered among the others—slowly and steadily making its way out to sea.

As they drove home, he reflected on the timely caution given to believers in the book of Hebrews: "We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away" (Heb. 2:1). We have good reason to stay close. The author of Hebrews says that while the Mosaic law was reliable and needed to be obeyed, the message of the Son of God is far superior. Our salvation is  “so great” in Jesus that He shouldn’t be ignored (v. 3).

Drifting in our relationship with God is hardly noticeable at first; it happens gradually. However, spending time talking with Him in prayer and reading His Word, confessing our wrongs to Him, and interacting with other followers of Jesus can help us stay anchored in Him. As we connect with the Lord regularly, He will be faithful to sustain us, and we can avoid drifting away.

To avoid drifting away from God, stay anchored to the Rock.