Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Hebrews 2:1 It’s so easy to drift away. We do it in school all the time. We’re paying attention to what is going on, and the next instant, the class is over, you don’t have any notes, and you missed out. I think some of us may even drift away while we drive, and cause the rest of us headaches in the AM commute because of the mindless drifting. But more importantly, besides the meetings you’ve drifted away from or the conversations you’ve allowed to sail past you, you find yourself, especially because of the pace at which you and I are moving, that our faith is drifting away from us. What we used to believe and adhere to, we don’t. The disciplines we had practiced are now distant memories. Even our lives are somewhere between where we never imagined them to be and where they shouldn’t ever reach. But that’s the problem with life if we’re not aware of our own drifting. This verse is so interesting because it follows a satirical dialogue between God and His angels which concludes or is introduced by the fact that Jesus died for sinners, and if we sinners, believed in the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ to the right hand of God, then we would be compelled to pay closer attention because our very lives depend on it. But somewhere in between our lives, we lost sight because we treat what we hear on any given Sunday as a triviality– like it is some naggingly annoying comments your mom makes to get you to clean your dirty room. The writer of the Hebrews is teaching us to pay close attention because neglect by drifting is seriously underestimating the power of God. When we underestimate or trivialize the power of God we will miss the power of God that purposed us into creation. Don’t drift away, you may miss your call.
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