Wednesday - The Danger of Slow Drift

Mark 14:10 – “And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

I Corinthians 10:12 – “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”


Judas did not wake up one day and decide to betray Jesus.

It was a slow drift.

Sin rarely shows up loudly. It does not usually announce itself. It slips in quietly through small compromises. A little dishonesty. A little pride. A little bitterness that goes unchecked.

Over time, those small things grow.

Before long, you are not walking with Jesus anymore. You are just walking near Him.

That is what makes this so dangerous.

Judas looked like a disciple. He served. He followed. He was trusted. But beneath the surface, something was off.

That same danger exists for us today.

You can be around spiritual things without being surrendered to Christ.

That is why we must take sin seriously. Not just the big, obvious sins, but the small ones we tend to excuse.