No. 41 The Shrewd Dove

See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.  Matthew 10:16

We sheep are munching grass while wolves lurk about seeking to eat us alive. Still true after all these years!

Jesus tells us to be as innocent as doves. That’s easy! Cling to the Mark during the tornedo.

But we are also to be as shrewd as venomous snakes. How can this be? How does a lamb turn into a snake? Oh me, oh my!

Fear.
Taking my hand a kind angel guides me to the context of this Mark.

‘Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of Me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit speaking through you.’

The Holy Spirit who dwells in us is the shrewd one. Let’s be shrewd by repeating what the Holy Spirit gives us to say or do to the wolves!

Don’t get comfortable, watch out for wolves. Make sure you can hear God speak in your heart.

Stay alive!