You are about to step onto the road when something pulls you back just in time to avoid being hit by a speeding car. You are shocked. When you come to your senses, you ask yourself, “Could it be that an angel just saved me from a fatal accident?”
I believe that angels walk with us. The verse tells us that God has given His angels charge over us to keep us in all our ways. This means that they go ahead of you to protect you from the snares of the enemy.
But we may not know it when we encounter an angel (see Hebrews 13:2). This was probably the case with a couple in our church who were holidaying at a beach resort on Penang Island when a tsunami struck at about 12.30pm on 26 December 2004.
It was slightly past 11am when the wife suddenly had a craving for food from the mainland. The couple decided to check out earlier, so that they could reach the mainland in time for lunch. While loading their luggage into their car at the hotel driveway, a man impatiently motioned to them to hurry up and get moving.
Annoyed by his impatience, they quickly loaded their stuff and drove off. The minute they reached the mainland, they heard that a tsunami had struck Penang Island at the same beach where they were just a while ago. While thanking God for their narrow escape, it suddenly dawned on them that the impatient man could have been an angel charged by God to hurry them off!
God tells us that we have an innumerable company of angels (see Hebrews 12:22). And He has given them charge over us to protect us from accidents and other dangers. So don’t live fearful and limit your life. Believe that God loves you and that His angels walk with you and watch over you!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Yes there are angels and demons - uncounted billions of them probably. Have you ever encountered just one? Not me. But that doesn't mean that they are not all around us. Ya see, God's way and the spirit world is so different from ours, that we can barely begin to comprehend what it's like. We see a glimpse in the bible, and God's word is always the best place to start. In the bible, God shows us that He uses the wisdom of the world and the arrogance of the educated to show man's wisdom is foolish to Him and His power. Paul writes: "If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours". Hum, become a fool that you may be wise... and all things are ours... ya see: God says to us again and again - trust Me, I know better, you be my children and I'll take good care of you. I'm the Good Shepherd and I will take care of my flock. That seems to be the best course of action and not to try to understand things which we will never understand on this side of heaven. Today, thank God for His angels and trust that they and He will simply just take good care of you. Father knows best.
