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Countless Angels Ready to Help Us, January 29
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the
throne ... and the number of them was ten thousand times ten
thousand, and thousands of thousands. Revelation 5:11.
When Christ ascended to the Father, He did not leave His followers
without help. The Holy Spirit, as His representative, and the heavenly
angels, as ministering spirits, are sent forth to aid those who against great
odds are fighting the good fight of faith. Ever remember that Jesus is your
helper. No one understands as well as He your peculiarities of character.
He is watching over you, and if you are willing to be guided by Him,
He will throw around you influences for good that will enable you to
accomplish all His will for you. 81
Nothing is apparently more helpless, yet really more invincible, than
the soul that feels its nothingness and relies wholly on the merits of the
Saviour. God would send every angel in heaven to the aid of such a one,
rather than allow him to be overcome.82
Angels are God’s ministers, radiant with the light ever flowing from
His presence, and speeding on rapid wing to execute His will.83
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 discouraging.84
In all ages, angels have been near to Christ’s faithful followers. The
vast confederacy of evil is arrayed against all who would overcome; but
Christ would have us look to the things which are not seen, to the armies
of heaven encamped about all who love God, to deliver them. From
what dangers, seen and unseen, we have been preserved through the
interposition of the angels, we shall never know, until in the light of
eternity we see the providences of God. Then we shall know that the
whole family of heaven was interested in the family here below, and that
messengers from the throne of God attended our steps from day to day.85 [36]
81Messages to Young People, 17.
82Testimonies For The Church 7:17.
83Patriarchs and Prophets, 34.
84The Desire of Ages, 440.
85The Desire of Ages, 240.
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