When the sea of life begins to toss to and fro, we do not want to be drifting out amongst the waves because of the danger of just being afloat. Several things indicate the Lord's Church is no longer anchored steadfast by the word of God, but rather, we are simply "drifting" along hoping we remain on course. One of the primary purposes of the Lord's Church is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. In Eph 3:10, Paul the apostle says the principalities and powers are made known by the Church. Again in 2 Tim 2:15, the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. Since Cod has entrusted us with the glorious message that saves mankind, we are to be about his business making it known to the world. When we look at the subjects of evangelism, the Lord's Church, in many cases, has pulled up its anchor and began drifting along.

The scriptures teach in Acts 8:1-4 the Church went everywhere preaching the word. In the 20th century, the church no longer goes everywhere preaching the word, but we wait for everywhere to come to us. What has happened to the joy and zeal that comes with saving the lost? I am convicted the Lord's Church has lost that zeal and love, and we simply want to bide our time doing as little as possible. It should be one of our main concerns to save the lost because we are the Lord's hired laborers. Paul told Timothy in 2 Tim 2:2 to teach others just as he had been taught. Jesus gave his commission to the apostles, according to Matt 28:19.20, to teach all things that he had taught them.

The Church has the same commission today--PREACH THE WORD TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD. However, the Church is adrift. We no longer put forth the effort to preach the gospel like we once did. We have the poor misconception of "We will preach to you as long as you come to us." What about our efforts in gospel meetings? When is the last time the church in your area put forth an all out effort to get as many people to the meeting as possible? I am told by those who know, "We used to just say we were having a meeting and everyone would come." Those days are long since gone. We live in a day of fast paced entertainment, and the church is having to compete with all sorts of outside distractions. That means we have to work twice as hard to put the gospel out before the people. No matter how fast paced our society becomes, it is still the gospel of Jesus Christ that saves! (Rom 1:16). Secondly, Satan has helped us pull up our anchor in preaching the gospel because of all the fussing and fighting that goes on between brethren. We have forgotten our mission because we are too busy squabbling and acting like little kids. Brethren, we have an outside adversary that has to be overcome. Our attention does not need to be taken off of the gospel because of personal conflict. It seems to me, we fuss and fight because we just don't like one another and THAT IS WRONG! (Rom 12:5) Paul said, "endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of PEACE" (Eph 4:3) We need to be at peace because we must "PREACH THE WORD." Don't simply let the Church drift!