According to a recent AP report, an estimated 17 million people have driven while drunk at least once on U.S. streets and highways in the course of a year. A study released by the government last month says that 8% of all drivers reported having driven even though they thought they were drunk.

Most people understand that drunken driving is a serious threat to public safety, but many are still not applying that knowledge to their actions. To help get the word out to more people, the government is spending about $13 million through Labor Day weekend to warn motorists about the dangers of drunken driving.

The Bible warns against a lack of spiritual sobriety. 1 Thess.5:6-8 says, “So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.”

If you don’t stay spiritually sober, you are a danger to people, including yourself. Let’s all spread the word.