Are
angels really here to help you? Can you somehow set them to work on your
behalf? Find out what the Bible says about how angels are at your service!
Have
you heard the stories? Bullets that seemed to go right through someone without
leaving a mark, cars that crossed through one another without actually making
impact, people in danger transported from one place to another with no
explanation. These are just a few examples of the supernatural encounters
Christians are experiencing every day—encounters with angels.
What Are Angels?
Despite
what is often depicted in books and on television, angels are not little, fat
babies with bows and arrows in their hands. They are not soft and gentle with
long, flowing blond hair. The only angels we read about in the Bible are big,
strong male warriors whose presence often startled those they encountered. They
are real. They are powerful. And if you are a believer, they are a vital part
of your life.
According
to Hebrews 1:14, God created angels to help His people: “Are they not all
ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit
salvation?” (NKJV). One of the ways God carries out your protection, His
covenant and your deliverance is through angels. You literally have angels at
your service.
You
only have to see them with your spiritual eyes to know it’s true. That’s what
Elisha was telling his servant when they were surrounded by a large Syrian
army. The servant was afraid, but Elisha said, “Do not fear, for those who are
with us are more than those who are with them” (2 Kings 6:16, NKJV).
When the servant opened his spiritual eyes, he saw an army of angels and
chariots of fire surrounding the entire Syrian army!
Angels
were always carrying out God’s plans and purposes in the Bible. They haven’t
retired since then, either. Angels are at work today just as they’ve always
been. More importantly, they are not flying around up there. They are HERE.
This earth is full of them!
You
have an angel working with you. He belongs to you. He’ll be with you all the
days of your life. He’s always before the face of the Father (Matthew 18:10). Angels are tremendously strong, but they all bow to the Name of
Jesus. They are here to add their strength to what you do. You have authority
in the Name of Jesus where your angels are concerned.
You’re
not in this by yourself! If you haven’t had faith for what angels can and will
do in your life, it’s time to open your eyes and see that there are more with
you than there are with any opposition you will ever face on this earth. Begin
to see through spiritual eyes, and learn these three ways angels are at your
service.
1. Angels Ensure Your Protection
“For He shall give His angels
charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear
you up.” –Psalm 91:11-12 (NKJV) Do you take your angels with you
everywhere you go? It’s true—they follow you everywhere you go, but are you
taking them with you spiritually? Are you putting them to work?
Angels
are at your service—to carry out God’s will—to protect you from danger and
harm. When you plead the blood of Jesus over yourself, your vehicles, your
home—you’re employing angels. When you declare Psalm 91 over your life—you’re
employing angels. When you speak out, “Angels are protecting me. I send forth
ministering angels to protect me and my family”—you’re employing angels.
That
is something Pastor George Pearson’s daughter, Aubrey, practices in her life,
and it resulted in supernatural protection for her family. Her husband had been
traveling, and she and her two young daughters, who were 2 and 4 at the time,
were staying at her parents’ home.
One
early morning, when Pastor George was returning home from a workout, he found
two-year-old Kayelin on the front porch without her pants, crying. It wasn’t
until later that they discovered her pants lying next to the pool—soaking wet.
This little girl had been in the pool, not knowing how to swim, and was somehow
lifted out to safety. Somehow. That’s the specialty of angels—defying
natural laws and reason to bring about the will of God—supernatural protection
in our lives.
And
that protection belongs to you, too. You have an angel in the room with you
right now. Waiting to protect you, on assignment to serve you. Are you
employing him? It could save your life.
Creflo
Dollar has said many times, had it not been for angels, he
wouldn’t be here today. Here is his testimony: “Years ago, I was in a car
accident so bad that when the police showed up, they called the coroner. They
thought everyone involved was dead. I was riding in a truck with other
ministers to a finance convention in Sacramento, Calif., when someone ran a red
light and struck the truck we were in. When the car hit us, I saw my angels
hovering in front of me. I am confident it is because of them that my life was
redeemed from destruction that day.”
The
devil has come to steal, kill and destroy, but God has other plans for your
life! Furthermore, He has an army of angels to defend your right to enjoy it.
Not only does He protect His people physically, but He protects the preaching
of His Word, too.
There
have been a number of eyewitness accounts of Kenneth Copeland’s angel in action.
Each account has described the angel in the same way, just like the first man
who saw him, who explained it to Kenneth this way: “He was the biggest fellow I
have ever seen in all my life. The only way I know to describe him is that he
looked like Mr. Clean. Every move you made, he stuck to you like glue; he
stayed right with you the whole time you were preaching. You’d wind down a
little, and he’d lean over and say something in your ear, and you’d get all
wound up again.”
Angels
are among us. Angels are at your service—to protect you, your loved ones and
the preaching of the Word of God. Start believing, expecting and releasing them
to do the will of the Father in your life. When you activate your faith, you
activate your angel.
2. Angels Enforce Your Covenant
Rights
“Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in
strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word. Bless the Lord, all
you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His pleasure.” –Psalm 103:20-21
(NKJV) Health, protection, financial prosperity—every
covenant right belongs to you, and God has given His angels charge over
enforcing those rights. Psalm 103:20-21 says that angels excel in strength, do
His Word, and do His pleasure. What does that mean? As Gloria Copeland says,
“Angels are covenant-enforcing agents.”
Angels
are here for a purpose. They are here to establish God’s covenant in our lives.
How do we release them to work on our behalf? With our words. Your words give
your angels charge to go prosper you, or to fold their hands and step back.
When you confess the Word of God over a situation, you put your angels to work.
If you speak faith words enforced by God’s Word, your angels are free to bring
about what you want to come to pass (Psalm 103:20).
Even
in the Old Covenant, the angel told Daniel, “Your words were heard; and I have
come because of your words” (Daniel 10:12, NKJV). Daniel’s words put the
angel to work for him. You can do the same. Don’t render your angels helpless
with wrong words—speak what you want to come to pass and let them work on your
behalf.
When
you have a need in your life, speak words that line up with the Word of God,
and start expecting your angels to be active in helping it come to pass. Jerry
Savelle said, “God wants us to expect accelerated activity of the angels in the
last days.”
And
it’s true—we’re seeing it more and more. There was a man who had a heart
condition, and he had been working in faith with the Lord to receive healing,
as promised by God’s covenant. One night, he woke up, and there was an angel
standing over him with his hands in his chest working on his heart. He looked
at him, and the angel said, “Everything’s all right. Go ahead and go back to
sleep.” And he woke up with a new heart.
There
is story after story just like it. Now, don’t go looking to see an
angel, because Satan will be happy to oblige by manifesting himself as an angel
of light to mess with you. But you can expect your angel to work with
you. In the meantime, seek the Lord and pray. Say “God, reveal to me how to aid
my angels and their work with me and my family.” Angels are waiting to enforce
your covenant rights!
3. Angels Carry Out Your
Deliverance
“The righteous cry out, and the
Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.” –Psalm 34:17 (NKJV) It’s not an exaggeration to say that every one of us, or someone we
know, is facing some kind of problem today—some kind of trouble we can’t escape
without the help of God. For one person, that trouble may be a disease that
medical science can’t cure. For another, it may be financial problems or a
family crisis. But no matter what kind of wall the devil has backed you up
against; you can count on one thing: God has promised to deliver you. That’s
right. The Word says the afflictions of the righteous are many, but the Lord
delivers him out of them all. One way He does this is by giving His
angels charge over you. He charges them to protect you…to keep you…to minister
to you…to deliver you.
One
example of angels delivering God’s people is found in Acts 12. Peter had been arrested and was sleeping between two soldiers, bound
with chains in prison and surrounded by guards. Maximum security. No natural
possibility of escape.
But
God’s people were praying and believing God for his protection, and “an angel
of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck
Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, ‘Arise quickly!’ And his chains
fell off his hands” (verse 7, NKJV). Following the angel, Peter walked
right out of there past all the guards without a hitch. You see, when you are
dealing with the angels, things like bars, chains, doors and fences don’t make
any difference. The angels know what to do. The chains fell off Peter’s hands.
Anything holding you back from deliverance is no match for God’s army of
angels.
There
is story after story where angels have intervened to drastically alter the
outcome of situations in the Bible and in our day as well. Some time ago, for
example, a KCM employee was riding to work on his motorcycle, when suddenly a
big truck pulled across the road right in front of him. It happened so quickly
there was nothing he could do. He didn’t have time to think. He didn’t have
time to speak. He didn’t have time to do anything.
Many
times, that’s exactly how things happen—suddenly. Suddenly, trouble is upon
you. It doesn’t tell you in advance that it’s coming, so you’ll have time to
fast and pray. You have to be ready. You have to live every day believing God.
You have to say continually, “The Lord is my refuge and my fortress.”
That’s
how it was with that fellow on the motorcycle. All of a sudden, there was a
truck in front of him. That’s the last thing he remembered. The next thing he knew,
he was walking around on the side of the road. A few yards away, his motorcycle
laid underneath the truck.
A girl
who was driving right behind him saw the whole thing. She said when the
motorcycle slid under the truck, the man who was riding it went up in the air,
did a flip and landed safely on his feet by a fence nearby. His only injury was
a scratch on his arm. That is an example of angels at work—delivering God’s
people from danger. But here’s the point. That fellow was ready. He didn’t have
time to grab his Bible and brush up on Psalm 91. He was already prepared.
If you
haven’t been getting the action you need in your finances, your health or any
other area, look to your words. There’s no shortage of angel power, although
you may be experiencing a shortage of Word power on your part. Solve that
shortage by putting God’s promises of deliverance in your heart and mouth.
Continually give the angels the Word they need to deliver you from any and
every harmful situation.
Now
that you know these three ways angels are your service, start expecting angels
to protect you, enforce your covenant rights and deliver you! Say, “Thank You,
heavenly Father, for giving Your angels charge over me to keep me in all my
ways.” Once you’ve spoken that word of faith, stand fast. Don’t fear. Don’t
waver. Angels are at your service!
