Day 322: Acts 19, 20 and 21

There is danger... (Acts 19:27).

 

As a kid in the 1960s, I loved the TV show Lost in Space. Its premise was built around a failed attempt to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system. Unfortunately, the Robinson family’s spaceship was sabotaged, went off course, and became lost in the far reaches of space with no apparent way home.

Nine-year old Will was best friends with the family robot, tasked with keeping the boy out of trouble. When peril threatened, the robot would shout, Danger, danger, Will Robinson!

Thirty-some years later when my kids were about the same age, they would often mimic Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s familiar expression: Danguh, danguh, danguh.

After the crucifixion, when Peter and John were taken before the Sanhedrin, their interrogators recognized the disciples had been with Jesus (4:13). In the Old Testament we read that the Israelites were afraid of Moses when he descended Mt. Sinai because his face was radiant after being with God (Exodus 34:30). Danguh, danguh, danguh.

In today’s reading, artisans complain that Paul’s ministry in Ephesus is threatening their livelihood. So many people are abandoning handmade idols to worship Jesus that it has impacted the silversmiths’ income.

As followers of Christ, do we still have the potential of being dangerous in our communities? Do negative elements of society look at us and say, It’s only the church; they never do nothin’! Or do they exclaim, Danger, danger, Will Robinson!

How will you be dangerous for Christ this week?