Wise as serpents and innocent as doves

Matthew 10:16-23

          Sometimes you are given a vision that being a faithful person is being meek, is mild and passive. Oh to the contrary. The faithful person puts his trust in God but acts using the intelligence and wisdom that is only based in God.  We are to use all the 'weapons' we are graced with. Intelligence, wisdom, fellowship, and even money if you are so graced.

          We live in a tough world where the righteous lie for their cause, misrepresent truth and Gospel, purport to convey the word of God. How do we fight this? I 'll give you an example. Although this man professes to be agnostic or an atheist, he uses his wisdom, intelligence and his God given talents to  debunk and fight the mistruths and biases against the gay community. To me he is a role model and hero,  John Corvino. Another example is the social activism of organizations like The Human Rights Campaign and the Empire Pride Agenda.

           As faithful people we must ultimately place our faith and trust in God. As faithful people we are called to use all the tools God has given us at our disposal to be the rebel that Jesus showed us he was.

‘See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.