You skip Bible study “just this once.” Then church. Then prayer. One morning you wake up and realize faith feels like a distant memory. Hebrews chapter six sounds the alarm: “Wake up before the current pulls you under.”
The Verse That Pulls You Back
“And we desire each of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Hebrews 6:11-12 ESV)
Earnestness is not optional. Sluggishness is dangerous.
Big falls do not begin with a dramatic denial. They start with a shrug. You stop fighting sin. You stop feeding your soul. You stop gathering with God’s people. Apathy is the slow leak that sinks the ship. Plug it now.
Verses seventeen and eighteen are gold: God backed His promise with an oath “so that by two unchangeable things… we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement.”
He swore by Himself because nothing is greater. Your salvation is locked in a vault with two keys: His word and His character. No thief can touch it.
Balloons float away when the wind shifts. Anchors hold fast in the storm. Verse nineteen calls hope “a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul.”
Culture offers flimsy balloons: money, likes, comfort. Jesus offers iron. Drop it deep.
Recommit to one spiritual habit you have let slide.
- Skipped daily prayer? Set a 7 a.m. alarm labeled “Coffee with Jesus.”
- Ghosted your small group? Text the leader today: “I’m back.”
Do it within 24 hours. Momentum starts with motion.
What habit have you let drift? Name it in the comments and declare your comeback. Let’s anchor together.