#Day 233: 21 August 2016, Sunday

ADAPTABILITY

By: Ps. Eddy Chang

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 KJV

This verse speaks about being sent for a mission. About how God is sending us to where we are in this world, in the middle of all "wolves" of the world and at the sametime be wise and harmless to them.

WISE AS WOLVES

It is interesting how we are sent as sheep, an animal that has no defense mechanism. No claws, no sharp teeth and not even a poisonous arsenal.

While wolves, seems like they have everything! Claws, sharp teeth, well organized when they attack and deadly. "Wolves" sometimes represents devil, the bad people, false prohets, other means of authorities and even during the era as the Roman Empire. In short, it represents the world, the place where we are placed.

• Adaptability means able to change or be changed in order to fit or work better in some situation or for some purpose. Adaptability also means flexibility, adjustability, modify and change.

One thing interesting is that God wants to learn from a "Serpents". Even though we know a serpents is like a wolves, representing the bad and the ugly. But God wants us to learn the wise and smart nature (cerdik) of a serpents: patience and quick in action.

God wants us to continuously improve, continuous to learn even from a "serpents". There is always be something that we can learn even from a "serpents".

• Remember, God calling has nothing to do with our personality, has nothing to do with our background. It is about our willingness and commitment.

HARMLESS AS DOVE

A dove represents Holy Spirit. And it also represents purity and honesty.

A dove does not have a gall bladder in their body, they dont have a place to keep all negative "poison" in their body.

Like a dove, we need to stop keeping all the "poison" in our life, all the hurt, enviousness and everything that pulling us down in life, that stopping us to continuously learning, to be uplift.

Talking about leaving behind the "poison", we also need to have a high expectation in life while  at the same time having an excellent spirit to always get up when we fall, to allow ourselves to be continuously uplifted.

• "Successful people are successful because they form the HABITS of  doing those things that failures don't like to do" - Albert L Gray

In the end, It is not about the wolves, not about the doves but it is about us, the sheep. Are we fit to the place we sent? Are we making a change?

Are we adaptable?? Are we looking at God grace, at Him who sent us??

God bless.

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