Wolves in Sheep's Clothing; Sending Like Serpents and Doves

 16 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 ASV. As we end this series on wolves in sheep's clothing, we need to know that God sends us among the wolves. As the verse says above, we are to be wise like serpents and harmless like doves. The ways we can be wise we have talked about like looking at their fruit, check it against the Bible, the Image of God, Truth, and rooted in the word and prayer. These are the ways that we are to be wise. This kind of wisdom can only come from above because all these things come from God. 3 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 ESV. This verse talks about what the wisdom from above looks like but for the purpose of this message we are just looking that there is wisdom that is from above. 2 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; Proverbs 2:6 ESV. All wisdom from above is from God and God alone. The only kind of wisdom that will make us wise is the wisdom of God. God make serpents wise so for us to be like them is to be wise like God made the serpents.

The second part of this verse talks about being harmless like doves. If you have ever seen a dove, not much looks intimidating about them. But the ones who are harmless the most are the deadliest because they do not use force but brains. Doves are very smart as I have looked up on Google and if you have read your Bible a dove is the one who found the tree limb to tell Noah that there was dry land. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; Genesis 8:8 KJV. So instead of fighting the wolves physically, we are to fight them with wisdom like the doves which are very smart. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever! Psalm 11:10 ESV. If God is the beginning of all wisdom, then He made the doves, what wisdom are to have then the doves.

Dear God,

I pray for us to have wisdom like the serpents in Matthew 10:16

I pray for us to have the harmlessness like doves like in Matthew 10:16

I speak Jesus over this

I pray for protection surrounding this 

I pray no powers of hell, satan, evil, or demonic spirits can do anything surrounding this

We are the Image of God, and we are God's chosen people

In Jesus Name 

Amen