I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: EVERY WHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I AM INSTRUCTED BOTH TO BE FULL AND TO BE HUNGRY, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians 4:12
SERPENTS ARE WISE BECAUSE THEY CAN SURVIVE ANYWHERE
To survive means to endure and to remain in existence in spite of all circumstances. It also means to get along and remain healthy, happy and unaffected in spite of the circumstances. Most of us are quenched by unhappy events and circumstances but a survivor continues to exist after adversity or hardship.
Snakes are by far the most successful survivors in the world. They have survived in all kinds of environments. Compare this with other animals. For instance, there are no more lions in Ghana and in many other countries. Snakes on the other hand abound in Ghana.
Most of us can only live in one kind of environment. The gospel is not being spread today because even Africans who grew up in villages claim they can only live in America and therefore cannot be sent into the world. The polar bear is different from a snake because it can only live in a very cold environment. On the other hand, there are 2,700 species of snake in the world of all colours and sizes that can live virtually anywhere.
Serpents are so wise that they can live at ground level or in trees. Serpents can live underground or even in the sea. There are snakes that live 16,000 feet up in the Himalayas. Some live in the scorching waterless deserts. Some live as far north as the Arctic Circle and many inhabit tropical forests. There are only a few places that do not have snakes.
These survivors come in all sizes; very small and very large. That is one of the secrets of surviving: you must come in all sizes. We must have both big and small churches if the ministry is to persist through the changing scenes of life. The smallest snake lives in buildings - in any town or city and anywhere. It can be transported in the soil of plants to garden centres all over the world. At the other end of the scale, the world’s largest snake and the heaviest snake is the anaconda. It can reach nearly 9 metres in length. It has a bodily girth of a pig and weighs about 200 kilograms.
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