Lateral Drift

Lateral Drift



Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 4:1-27 – Solomon is saying here, “ Come, my pupils, and hear how a father instructed his children. Such as I received from my father I give to you, and they are the teachings of a wise and affectionate parent to his only son. (King David)
He was showing that the teaching he received, and which he was about to give them, was the most excellent of its kind. Teaching by precept is good; teaching by example is better; but teaching both by precept and example is best of all.

The problem with so many people now days, is that they have never had the instruction of a loving father. So, when you try to speak to someone like that, like a father would a son, they get mad, and think you are trying to control them.

That is the whole problem with society today. Because there have been too many absent fathers, there has been no correction, and without correction you have rebellion, and with rebellion comes lawlessness and disobedience and that gives birth to a Vagabond.

Vagabond
1. Wandering; moving from place to place without any settled habitation; as a vagabond exile.

2. Wandering; floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

VAG'ABOND, n. [supra.] A vagrant; one who wanders from town to town or place to place, having no certain dwelling, or not abiding in it.


That is another sermon for another day


Let's look at our Text again: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.



By virtue of this scripture alone, it shows me that there are things out there that will try to get my eyes off the prize. There is something lurking just steps away that can cause me much distress. It tells me that every step I take, I must take with utmost care.

1Co 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

We must be careful to not be too sure of ourselves. Thinking we have it down and all together.

We are the captain of our vessel. 1Th 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess (guide, control) his vessel in sanctification and honour;

We must guide our steps as careful as a captain pilots his ship across the waters. If we aren't careful, we can run aground or even worse, make ship wreck.

1Ti 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

We have to navigate our way to our Motherland - HEAVEN!!!!!

When you look out across the open water, you would think that if you had a boat, you could just go anywhere you wanted across the water.

But, if you were to do that you would be making a big big mistake. There are sand bars, coral reefs and wreckage just beneath the surface, that you could never see with the naked eye.

There are channels in the water ways that you must follow if you're going to make it. You must have a map, a navigation system and a knowledge to know how to use them.

But, if we don't navigate correctly, we look out across the water and say, “Ah, it's ok. I don't see any danger.” Pro 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Lateral Drift is a term used in Land Navigation. Lateral Drift happens when you are walking in what you think is a straight line when, in fact, you are drifting off course.

If you are right foot dominate you will drift off to the right. If you are left foot dominate, you will drift off to the left. That is why they tell you to check your compass and map as often as you can.
We can deceive ourselves. I remember the time I got lost deer hunting. It turned night on me. I thought I was heaed in one direction, when I was really going in another direction.

Our sense of direction can get off and we can get turned around. The very same thing can happen to us spiritually as well.

Jam 1:22 Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! 23 Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, 24 walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.

That is why we must be in the Word daily, applying it to our life. Not just the ones that make us feel good, but also the ones that don't make us feel good.

Jam 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.