Angels: All In A Day's Work!

-Angels strengthen us. When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane he was strengthened (enabled, invigorated and empowered - emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically) by angels who were sent to Him. This came after He asked the Father to take the cup of suffering from Him, but instead God sent angels to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43). Jesus was also strengthened by angels after his 40 days of fasting and temptation (Matt 4:11), and Daniel was strengthened by an angel in Daniel 9. If you need strengthening, ask God – He will dispatch angels at His discretion!

-Angels are sent of God -they are not called or directed by humans. God sends angels to assist and minister to those who are His children (Heb 1:14). When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane with Peter and a few other disciples, Peter cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant. Jesus’ rebuke to Peter included these words: “I could pray to the Father and He would send Me more than 12 legions of angels to assist Me” (Matt. 26:53). God knows the proper time to dispatch angelic hosts and He has command over them (Psalm 91). If you need supernatural help, ask God – He will send angels at His discretion!

-Angels are messengers. Daniel received a message from an angel after He prayed for interpretation of a vision God had given him (Dan. 9, 10); Zacharias received a message from an angel concerning the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1); an angel was sent to Cornelius while he was fasting and praying (Acts 10, 11) and the women who went to Jesus tomb received a message from an angel (Luke 24). The Bible contains many more examples of angels bringing messages to humans. If God wants to get a message to you He may dispatch it (and help you understand it), through an angel.

Angels also protect us (2 Kings 6), war on our behalf (Daniel 9,10), watch over and are assigned to specific nations (Dan. 9:21, 12:1), hearken to the voice which speaks God’s word (Ps 103), and rescue us from imprisonment and danger (Acts 27).

Angels are laborers for God’s specific purposes, part of the everyday life of Kingdom believers. We are not of this world: we live in a supernatural world!