一名校車司機在開車時突然暈倒，那載著約60名學生的校車失控地往前滑行。7年級學生李維茲（Dillon Reeves）看到這樣的情況，立即從座位上衝到駕駛座，在千鈞一髮之際，抓住方向盤，緩緩地踩下剎車踏板。當校車上大多數學生正忙著用手機收發訊息或玩遊戲時，沒有手機的李維茲正看著前方，所以能迅速作出反應。以往他常看到這位司機慢慢地踩剎車，因此知道要輕踩剎車。李維茲心無旁騖、機警敏捷地挽救了車上所有人的生命，其中包括經治療後恢復意識的司機。

當以色列民的領袖摩西不再「坐在駕駛座上」，不再帶領百姓的時候，約書亞必須勇敢地站出來領導他們。上帝對約書亞說：「我的僕人摩西死了。現在你要起來」（約書亞記1章2節），並囑咐他說：「只要剛強，大大壯膽，謹守……律法，不可偏離左右」（7節）。上帝告訴約書亞不可分心，而是要全神貫注遵循祂的指示，要「晝夜」思想祂的話語（8節）。

手機、電腦、電視以及其他許多事物都可能會分散你我的注意力，以致我們沒有將焦點集中於上帝和聖經中的智慧（提摩太後書3章16-17節）。相反地，當我們「專一注視耶穌」（希伯來書12章2節，新譯本），就能保持機警敏捷，便可以在上帝呼召我們的時候，立即採取行動。

A school bus driver passed out at the wheel, and his large vehicle loaded with sixty students was careening out of control. Seventh grader Dillon Reeves burst from his seat, rushed to the front of the bus, and slowly stepped on the brake in the nick of time. While most students were busy texting or playing games on their phones, Dillon—who didn’t have a phone—had his head up and reacted. He knew to depress the brake slowly as he’d seen the driver do many times. Remaining alert and not distracted helped him save the lives of all aboard, including the driver who later revived.

Joshua had to step up courageously after his leader, Moses, was no longer “in the driver’s seat”—leading the people of Israel. God said to him, “Moses my servant is dead. Now . . . get ready” (Joshua 1:2). What’s more, He instructed, “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to . . . not turn from [the Book of the Law] to the right or to the left” (v. 7). God was telling Joshua not to get distracted and to keep his focus, and to keep his eyes on the instructions He’d given—meditating on them “day and night” (v. 8).

We can be distracted by screens and other things that cause us to take our eyes off God and the wisdom found in Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Instead, as we remain alert “by keeping our eyes on Jesus” (Hebrews 12:2 nlt), we can spring into action when God calls.