We are not immune from drifting away from the gospel..if we are not living it, continually learning it, growing by it, we will find ourselves drifting. Fellowship with God is no. 1. Hearing Him, living with Him, giving up self for Him. He will successfully lead us so that we don't drift. It will be through His power.
Jesus makes us alert to the types of soil that will cause drifting. So many times we can see ourselves as different soils in
our journey to a closer relationship with the Master.