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I Have a Guardian Angel, April 4
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Psalm 103:20
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Today, as in the past, all heaven is watching to see the church develop
in the true science of salvation. The Lord Jesus is among men. His
angels walk among us unrecognized and unacknowledged. We are saved
from many snares and unseen dangers that through the machinations and
hostility of our foe are placed in our path to destroy us. O that our eyes
might be open to discern the watchful solicitude and tender care of the
messengers of light! If those who politely acknowledge the favors which
they receive from earthly friends would realize how much they owe to
God, their hearts would respond in grateful thanks for precious favors that
are now unnoticed.
We do not recount God’s mercies often enough.... By our failure to
express gratitude we are dishonoring our Maker. His angels, thousands
upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, are commissioned
to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation. They guard us against
temporal evil and press back the powers of darkness, else we should be
destroyed. Why do we not value God’s watchcare? If Satan had his way
and carried out his designs, destruction would be seen on every hand. Why
do we not remember that we are mercifully shielded from peril? Have
we not reason to be thankful every moment, thankful even when there
are apparent difficulties in our pathway? Cannot we trust our heavenly
Father?
We shall never know what dangers, seen and unseen, we have been
delivered from through the interposition of the angels until we shall see
in the light of eternity the providences of God. Then we shall better
understand what God has done for us all the days of our life. We shall
know then that the whole heavenly family watched to see our course of
action from day to day.
Every believer who constantly realizes his dependence on God has
his appointed angel, sent from heaven to minister to him. The ministry
of these angels is especially essential now, for Satan is making his last
desperate effort to secure the world.
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