晨間散步時，我看見一輛車子停在馬路中間，而且還停在相反方向的車道上！開車的是一名女性，她並沒有意識到她將自己與他人置於危險之中，因為她在車上睡著了，看來是酒後開車。由於情況危急，我立即採取行動。我先想辦法讓她清醒一點，然後把她移到旁邊的副駕駛座上，接著我坐到駕駛座上，把車開到安全的地方。

人身安全的危害不是我們唯一會面臨的險境。當使徒保羅來到雅典的時候，看到「滿城都是偶像」，而那裡的哲學家、知識分子都陷入了屬靈的險境，使得保羅「心裡著急」（使徒行傳17章16節）。對於這些倡導各種學說卻不認識基督的人，保羅的直覺反應是告訴他們，上帝藉著耶穌所成就的事，並在耶穌裡所定的旨意（18、30-31節）。有些人聽了他所傳講的信息，就信了主（34節）。

在基督信仰以外尋求人生的終極意義是危險的。那些在耶穌裡得到赦免和真正滿足的人，已經從死路一條的困境中獲救，並領受了與上帝和好的信息（參閱哥林多後書5章18-21節）。對於那些醉生夢死的人，上帝讓他們脫離險境的方式，就是要我們將耶穌的好消息帶給他們。

On my morning walk, I noticed that a vehicle was stopped in the road headed in the wrong direction. The driver was unaware of the danger to herself and others because she was asleep and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. The situation was perilous, and I had to act. After getting her alert enough to move her to the passenger side of the car so I could get into the driver’s seat, I drove her to a safe place.

Physical danger isn’t the only harm we face. When Paul saw worldly-wise, clever people in Athens in spiritual peril because “the city was full of idols,” he “was greatly distressed” (Acts 17:16). The apostle’s innate response to those who flirted with ideas that failed to consider Christ was to share about God’s purposes in and through Jesus (vv. 18, 30-31). And some who heard believed (v. 34).

Seeking ultimate meaning apart from faith in Christ is dangerous. Those who’ve found forgiveness and true fulfillment in Jesus have been rescued from dead-end pursuits and have been given the message of reconciliation (see 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). Sharing the good news of Jesus with those under the intoxicating influences of this life is still the means God uses to snatch people from harm’s way.