Swimming Upstream

       If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream. While we are not specifically swimming downstream, we are slowly floating away from Christ. It isn't a conscious choice, but it is nonetheless happening if little in our lives propel us toward Christ. 

"Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."       

                                                                                           James 2:17