“Therefore, let the one who thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall…”
This is the warning the Apostle Paul gave the Church at Corinth, after he exhorted them not to follow the example of Israel’s behavior in the wilderness on their way to the promised land. He further affirmed the church:
“Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they indeed craved them.” 1 Corinthians 10:6
Truthfully, we too, on our way towards the promises of God can easily drift. We know that the word drift has multiple usages but, for our edification, lets define it by one of its verb tenses: to be carried slowly by a current.
Before we take a deeper dive, may I say that I am quite vulnerable to this slow drift. Yet, my hope is that through a small examination of King Asa’s life you too would recognize your exposure to the elements that increase our propensity to slowly drift. READ MORE