The Importance of Prudence

There are people out there, young person, you need to understand this, that are very shrewd in doing evil. So be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. This is what Jesus said in Matthew 10, 16. He doesn't say I send you out as wolves in the midst of wolves. That's not what he's saying. If you're going to swim with sharks,you need to be a shark. There's so many places and circumstances in which you need this type of wisdom.