I was reading my Bible today and was struck by Luke 21:14-15 and vs. 19. "But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict."
In this passage of Luke, Jesus is teaching His disciples about what to expect in the future. So much of what He says here is applicable to today, but as I pondered it in light of where God has placed me, it took on a deeper meaning.
One of the things we battle here in Europe is
a fear of our own inadequacy to give an answer to anyone who asks about
this hope we have in Jesus Christ. It is irrational to have this fear,
but most of us experience it on some level as we go out into the city.
Here Jesus says, "Make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves." Instead we are to trust that He will give us words and wisdom.
That is some mighty power to rest in!
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