08/26/2026
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABANDON YOUR FAITH TO LOSE YOUR WAY
Most of us who drift never decide to walk away. Good things just creep in, one of them takes the number one spot, and we get rendered useless. Let's call a few of them out: friends, education, and sports.
Friends are fantastic. But a friend says, "Hey man, I've got an open spot on a foursome this Sunday, great tee time at a fantastic course, you've got to come." And it's just one Sunday. What's the big deal?
The course was great, everybody had a great time, so why not do it again next Sunday? Then somebody adds that you don't have to go to church to be a believer in Jesus Christ. That's peers being used to drag us away from being connected with God.
Education is a good thing, and we've turned it into a god itself. "Look at me, I'm highly educated, so I know what to do. That person over there doesn't even have a college degree." As if that was the goal for all of us.
I have an education. God sent me to seminary for a master's degree. That still isn't the goal.
Sports get the same treatment. We live in a country where club sports have turned into people's gods, and Wednesday nights used to be something sacred before those were taken away a long time ago.
Every one of these is good. Each one has to be put in the right perspective and the right priority list, because a good thing sitting in first place still leaves us useless.
So, what's holding the number one spot right now? Naming it honestly is where things start to move back into order.
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