isters:
"Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. . . . Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you." (ESV)
This is the way it is with God. He operates much differently than we would. Jesus sends His ministers (and subsequently all His churchmen) out, as lambs amid wolves. At the very *same* time, and in the *same* context, He gives them this amazing power and authority over the enemy (Satan), and all his comrades.
God does this, so that we will know that the might, the victory, and the glory are all His, and not of our own making. This ought to make us both humble and grateful, at the same time.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Fulfill your course with joy; for we take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience." --Samuel Rutherford, from, "Letters of Samuel Rutherford"]
