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Special Care for the Weak, April 3
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 18:10
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Man is God’s property, and angels are looking with intense interest to
see how man will deal with his fellow man. When heavenly intelligences
see those who claim to be the sons and daughters of God putting forth
Christlike efforts to help the erring, manifesting a tender, sympathetic
spirit for the repentant and the fallen, angels press close to them and bring
to their remembrance the very words that will soothe and uplift the soul.
Holy angels are on the track of every one of us. We are not to despise the
least of God’s little ones....
Jesus has given His precious life, His personal attention, to the least
of God’s little ones; and angels that excel in strength encamp round about
them that fear God. Then let us be upon our guard, and never permit one
contemptuous thought to occupy the mind in regard to one of the little
ones of God. We should look after the erring with solicitude, and speak
encouraging words to the fallen, and fear lest by some unwise action we
shall turn them away from the pitying Saviour....
All heaven is interested in the work of saving the lost. Angels watch
with intense interest to see who will leave the ninety and nine and go out
in tempest and storm and rain into the wild desert to seek the lost sheep.
The lost are all around us, perishing and sadly neglected. But they are of
value to God, the purchase of the blood of Christ.
By all that has given us advantage over another
—be it education and
refinement, nobility of character, Christian training, religious experience—
we are in debt to those less favored
; and, so far as lies in our power, we
are to minister unto them. If we are strong, we are to stay up the hands of
the weak. Angels of glory, that do always behold the face of the Father in
heaven, make such their special charge. Angels are ever present where
they are most needed, with those who have the hardest battle with self
to fight and whose surroundings are the most disagreeable. And in this
ministry Christ’s true followers will cooperate.
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