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This is a wonderful gift given to the Church. These angels enjoy working for the saints of the Lord. We see and meditate on the devotion and dedication that they do for mankind, they are from a group of sinless, eternal beings, that are higher than man, because man is made a little lower than the angels. Psalms 8:5. They also know that it is in God’s plan to give man glory that will place him above the angel and yet they go about their work in happiness, because they want to see the glory of God placed upon mankind so that Satan can be defeated. We have to go about our Christian life in that same way. We have to not become elevated and high-minded. We have to see others who are downtrodden and have no hope and help them to not only come up to our elevation, but if possible, above.

The access of these angels to be in our life, came about through the ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and that was shown very clearly when Jacob had the dream of the staircase that went from the throne of God and down to earth, and he saw angels ascending and descending doing work in this world for God. (Genesis 28:12)  ^“And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” That staircase is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is now the intercessor. As He hung on the cross between heaven and earth, the sacrifice that He made, became a staircase between earth and God, and the angels could then ascend and descend, and they could give many benefits to mankind. As a workforce we enjoy our work and give of our best when certain conditions apply. And so it is with the angels of God. Christ said that if you are ashamed of Him in this life, then my Father and the angels will also be ashamed of you (Luke 9: 26).  ^“For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.”

We must never be ashamed of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We must never be ashamed of His role, of His blessings, of what He stands for. We must never be ashamed to confess to others that as Christians, we are baptised into His book of Life, and that we do value Him highly as The Saviour to mankind. How many of us would enjoy working for somebody who was ashamed of us? We also know that Christ spoke of how these angels can be told of us, where He said, (Luke 12: 8) “Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.” If we live life as a testimony of Christ’s life and are prepared to show that we pray through this intercessor and that we are happy to work for the Lord and testify by our deeds. If we stand up for all of those things in this life that are Godly, then each time we do that our name is broadcast before the angels. In our own workplace we prefer to work for someone who will give us some recognition. So it is with the angels.

We know that in the workplace if we are joyful, then we enjoy doing our job.  Christ said, Luke 15: 10, “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” If we humble ourselves and repent and ask the Lord to forgive us, then we become a repenting sinner. In joy then those angels can minister unto us. Hebrews 1:14, “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” To be an heir of salvation, we must look to the salvation of our soul and we become heirs when we are baptised and then have the right to be redeemed from the original sin, to be reconciled with God and work out our salvation through the Holy Spirit’s workings.

Apostle Peter writes 1 Peter 1:12 that the mysteries of God that are preached unto us by the Holy Ghost, are things that the angels desire to look into. We see by this that they will be close to those that attend where this preaching is done. Angels have great power. When Daniel went into the lion’s den, he prayed to God to protect him, and an angel came and held the mouth of the lions. Many times we put ourselves in the lion’s den, and if we pray to God, this gift of administering angels will come unto us and protect us. Apostles Peter and John learned of the power of angels, where they were cast into prison and an angel came and ordered them to stand up and move out and go and teach in the temple.

We often allow ourselves to be locked into things in this life and we think that there is no way out, but if we pray to the Almighty God through our intercessor and He sends but one angel, He can take us out of those positions. When we become depressed in this life with the cares of this world, we lock ourselves in a prison and are depressed and think there is no way out, remember if we pray to God through our intercessor, this gift of an angel will come, and it will work within us and the power and strength will tell us to stand up and make a stand against that which is ruining our lives. It is well for us to set in place the environment to allow these angels to get to know us in this life, for we read of the great day that our Lord returns, Matthew 24:31, and “He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”    

We must never worship angels (Revelation 22:9) but worship God only through Christ as our Intercessor (Hebrews 7:25).