Are You Drifting?

Psalm 141:3-4 Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips. Don’t let me DRIFT toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.⁠
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Don’t let me drift toward evil. What a great prayer. ⁠
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Isn’t that how it usually is? Very rarely do we go immediately toward evil. We drift towards it. Closer and closer. Like a frog being boiled in water until we are fully consumed.⁠
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No one goes from faithful to affair overnight. ⁠
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From honest to a thief. ⁠
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From sober to a drunk. ⁠
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Use whatever sin you want. Anyone who falls into evil, especially from a place of faithfulness, usually drifts there. ⁠
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One more look. ⁠
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One more text or flirty comment.⁠
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One more drink.⁠
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One more fib. Whatever it is.⁠
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Before you know it, you’re no longer drifting, you’re in the ditch. ⁠
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How are you doing in your drift? Are you focused on the right path? Are you prayed what David prayed?⁠
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“Don’t let me DRIFT toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness.”⁠