You Shall Trample
Good morning Scripture reading: St. Luke 10:19 Worship song: Treadin On Lions Meditation: Jesus does not send us on missions without first equipping us. When Jesus appointed the seventy disciples, He did not send them empty-handed or alone. Before sending them on their mission, He organized them into groups of two, gave them specific instructions, and empowered them with divine authority. They did not rely on their own strength, intellect, or power, but on the divine authority of Jesus Christ, who had commissioned them. Jesus's profound promise to the seventy remains true for us today. He promises that those who believe in Him shall do greater works through the power of the Holy Spirit (St. John 14:12). We have spiritual authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over the power of the adversary; nothing shall by any means hurt us. Armed with God's authority, we will conquer the lion and its cubs, the adder, and the ...