![]() ![]() It is important that we remind ourselves of God’s promises to us so that we can fight the good fight of the faith. “ Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you” (I Timothy 4:14). “Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well” (I Timothy 1:18). ![]() Twice, Paul reminded Timothy of the prophesies once spoken over His life. The Apostle Paul had a spiritual son named Timothy. ![]() Your assignment is part of how Christ is manifesting Himself through your life to everyone around you. Being a disciple of Christ means following Christ in the focus of our assignment from Him. ![]() We tend to think of discipline as being punishment, but this word can also mean a narrow focus of study. One of the roots of disciple is discipline. As believers, we are called disciples of Christ. This means both the spoken and written things of God. The writer of Hebrews encourages us to pay most careful attention to the things that we hear from God. But as distractions come into our lives, we slow our activity. We are reading our Word, studying, praying, seeking God, and taking the right steps. Sometimes we start out strong and on fire. We fail to act upon the assignment we receive from God. Sometimes we receive a powerful Word from God about our prophetic destiny, but as time goes on we forget about it. It is easy for us to allow our spiritual walk with God to “drift away” from where we should be. In this specific verse from Hebrews, the Greek word translated as “drift away” refers to this kind of drifting. Before you know it, the boat is far away from its intended location. Have you ever been on a boat before? When a boat does not have an anchor in place, the boat slowly begins to drift away. Learn how these leaders – all among the best in their respective field – have risen to the top, while continuing to grow spiritually and chase after the Lord.“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.” – Hebrews 2:1 (NIV) Imagine that you could sit down and pick the brains of some of the top leaders in the country! That’s the premise behind the Linch with a Leader podcast. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Sharpsburg, Ga. Kevin was drafted in the 1st round of the 1981 free agent amateur draft (25th selection overall), and played ten years of professional baseball with four different organizations. Kevin Burrell has worked in professional baseball as both a player and MLB scout for the past 42 years, and currently serves as an area scouting supervisor. Lock eyes with Jesus and walk towards Him today. Remember, if you don’t feel close to God. “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love, Here’s my heart, O take and seal it. I’m reminded of the old gospel hymn that says: Make a conscious decision to drop anchor and begin connecting with God every day through reading His Word (the Bible), prayer, and fellowship with a godly accountability partner in the faith. If you’ve been drifting away from the Lord, I urge you to draw near to Him today. The next thing you know you no longer go to church, you stop fellowshipping with like-minded believers in the faith, and you’re in a dry and barren land living in sin and far away in your fellowship with God. One day leads to one week, leads to one month, leads to one year. Then continued neglect can lead to disaster. As we neglect our fellowship with Jesus Christ even for a short while, the drifting begins. Such drifting in the Christian life rarely happens instantly. Instead, we allow ourselves to subtly drift away from Him. Though sometimes we may feel far from Him, He never leaves us and He never moves. One day as he was driving, he turned to her and said, “But, dear, I’ve never moved.” We’re the same way with God. There is a classic story about the wife who complained that her husband never sat next to her in the car anymore. No matter which way I swam or body surfed, the tide pulled me down the shoreline-and in reality I had no idea how far I drifted until I looked back at the shore. It looked easy until you were in the water. On certain days, the lifeguards would set out two flags on the beach to stay between so that people wouldn’t drift too far down the shoreline. Often I would swim or body surf out in the shallow part of the water. When I was a teenager growing up in Southern California, I use to go to the beach weekly. The person who drifts from common sense will end up in the company of the dead. ![]()
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