Asleep at the Wheel Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Asleep at the Wheel------------------------------ Date: 10/9/2001 Keywords: "alert" "slumber" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Romans 13:11-14* 11. And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Questions 1. Have you ever started on a long drive with too little sleep? Did you start to doze and almost drive off the road?   2. Does Web surfing require any mental or spiritual preparedness?   Practical help It's interesting how a common thing like driving an automobile can offer vivid allusions to traveling one's life. If you've been driving for some time (over 30 years in my case) you can find yourself taking your skills for granted. If you've not been driving long, your lack of experience can leave skills untested. In either case, the tendency is to be ill-prepared for safe driving. The most frequent blunder is too little sleep before too long a drive — often with fatal consequences. Web surfing can be a lot like driving. If you're not alert you can drive right off the planned road and right into the ditch of smut. If you're guard is down because of overconfidence in your resolve, then that abrupt turn in the "super highway" will catch you while you're dozing. If your rookie surfing record has puffed you up and you've kicked back for a little "cruise control" browsing, then that ditch is waiting for you, too. In verse 11 above, you and I are given a wake-up call (literally). If you've trusted Jesus Christ as your savior (click here, if you're not sure) then each day is one day closer to his coming to take you home to heaven. The apostle Paul is calling you to live each day with a vigilant expectation. That means living each day alert and ready. That also means surfing the Web the same way. Staying out of the ditch means waking up, being alert, being ready. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.