Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16-20
Missionary like sheep among wolves, therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. (身段柔軟，會找縫隙，不大聲喧嘩：純潔的心，沒有惡意。)Polite and tender altitude and find the chance to deliver the good message, working with pure heart and mind.
On Jesus account you will be brought before governors and kings as witness to them and to the Gentiles.
When they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Now, having called them, he sends them out for the first time, with his own authority to heal.
He gives them their instructions and warns them of the kind of reception they are likely to get, both now and in the future. They are to expect hardship, to trust in God's care and to fear no one.
Why?
There are danger places to preach gospel, so we have to smart like snake and with pure heart like doves, let people like us and find the good chance to be good witness and bring good news to them.
On Jesus account there are suffering will come, be courage and won't worry what to say, Holy Spirit will help us to say the right word and do the good witness among Gentiles.
We are suffering for God's account but not for our sins or fault.
How?
Trust in God's care and to fear no one to preach good news. Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.