“Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.” Luke 10:3
Jesus chooses seventy-two followers and sends them out to all the towns that He is getting ready to go to. They are to go out and prepare the way for Him. He tells them that He is sending them out like a lamb among the wolves.
Lambs are baby sheep. They have not grown up yet. They have not learned any way to defend themselves or hurt others. Watch a lamb and you will see an innocent animal that likes to play around. They are still very gentle.
Wolves, which they are to go among, are vicious, and very violent. They are territorial and will protect their location. They are meat-eating predators. And they love to eat lambs, an easy lunch for them.
The world is no different from the wolves. Those in the world love to step on those below them. They are willing to eat up those who don’t serve them. They are willing to do anything and everything, and are not innocent about anything.
Believers must be innocent of all sin. They should not be going out looking to kill or harm anyone. The goal is to reach the world and draw them to Jesus.
Often, there are believers who go out with a vengeance and a sword. They speak words to cut down and destroy non-believers, rather than draw them to Jesus. Yes, sin must be exposed, but not with a sword of death. Everything is to be done in God’s love.
How do you appear to the world? Is it like a wolf, devouring and killing? Or is it like a lamb, (like Jesus, the Lamb of God), loving and caring and innocent?
How do you speak? Barking and howling like a wolf? Or with gentleness and care of a lamb?
Yes, it is dangerous out there. The world wants to devour you and destroy you. You must remain innocent and gentle. You must maintain the witness of Jesus. God is with you and will protect you.
Be the witness Jesus has called you to be. Be like the Lamb of God–Jesus.
I pray today that God will show you how to be His witness; that God’s gentleness and love will be shown through you; that God will protect you among the wolves; and that God will draw the wolves of this world to Him through you.
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