Your arms slice through the water repeatedly as you pick up speed. With 10 laps to go, you hear the sound of coughing and splashing nearby. Turning your head, you notice a person struggling to stay afloat. Assuming the lifeguard will take care of it, you keep swimming. After finishing your laps, you get out of the pool to see a man being carried away on a stretcher, and you hear someone say: “He probably would have made it if someone had gotten to him sooner.” Your heart sinks.
None of us would ever purposely watch someone drown, but we may do this spiritually more often than we realize. We get so caught up in our own routine that we miss what is happening in the “lane” right next to us. To describe this, some Christians use the phrase, “I am just stuck in a Christian bubble.” It’s an odd thing to say, because we are the minority; we are literally surrounded by unbelievers.
For instance, look at your neighbors. In my apartment complex, the woman below me struggles…
