CYNICAL SUSPICIONS – SHEEP OR WOLF
A guy at work told me his parents had a large
wholesale floral business and one day his dad walked in on a trusted employee
who was signing a large check to herself. She was embezzling. After the legal
hassles they decided to go into the retail floral business and once again they
were embezzled to the tune of several million dollars. Here in Las Vegas, one
tends to see too much of this—embezzling, fraud, bait and switch, etc. It’s
easy to get cynical and suspicious of people in this kind of environment. So,
as Christians, what do we do?
Jesus said, “Behold, I send you forth as sheep
in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves” (Matthew 10:16). Wisdom comes from God. Not everyone out there is a
wolf. There are plenty of sheep in God’s flock that we just haven’t met yet and
only the Holy Spirit can help us decipher who is what.
We become wise as serpents by listening to the
Spirit of Christ within. If we have suspicions, we ask for God’s wisdom and
then believe what He shows us and act on it. Meanwhile we can stay harmless as
doves by doing our best to try to see people through the Lord’s eyes. Again, we
can ask for wisdom regarding this, “Lord how do You see this person?”
At this time of year, when we travel and may
be in situations where there are lots of new people around us, we want to walk
in the wisdom of the Lord. In any situation we are not alone. We have the Lord
Jesus with us. And “if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5).
The Lord is generous with His wisdom and He doesn’t get mad at us if we ask for
some.
Love,
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