There is danger (Acts 19:27).
As a kid in the
1960s, I loved the TV show Lost in Space (1965-1968, CBS), built around a failed
attempt to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system. The Robinson
family’s sabotaged spaceship (the Jupter II) went off course and became lost
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
the idol making industry has taken a hit.
As followers of
Christ, do we still have the potential of being dangerous in our communities? Does society look at us
and say, It’s only the church; they never do nothin’! Or do they exclaim, Danger,
danger, Will Robinson!
TODAY’S MEDITATION
How can you be dangerous
for Christ this week?
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