Luke 10:3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Christ did not give instruction to His disciples and followers lightly. He chose His words carefully so that they would be prepared for what they would face.
If we are going to go on a long walk through the desert, then wearing a T-shirt and shorts would not be the best clothes and we would need to take plenty of water as well.
God wants us to know that we will face the world full on… and that may not be a pretty sight.
As each one of us presses on forward to do God’s work we do come up against many things which would break us unless we were first prepared to meet them! Continue to trust God…