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Angel Companions, February 23
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who
shall be heirs of salvation?
Hebrews 1:14
.
The angels who do always behold the face of the Father in heaven would prefer
to remain close by the side of God. But the Lord gives to every angel his work
for this fallen world. Divine help is provided for men. They have the opportunity
of cooperating with heavenly intelligences, of being laborers together with God.
The possibilities of gaining a fitness for the presence of God, of being enabled to
see His face, are placed before them. Heavenly angels are working to bring the
human family into a close brotherhood, a oneness described by Christ as like to
that existing between the Father and the Son. How can men so highly honored by
God fail to appreciate their opportunities and privileges? How can they refuse to
accept the divine help proffered? How much it is possible for human beings to
gain if they will keep eternity in view.
Satanic agencies are ever warring for the mastery over human minds. But the
angels of God are constantly at work, strengthening the weak hands and confirming
the feeble knees of all who call upon God for help. The promise to every child
of God is, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you” (
Matthew 7:7
). The Lord is more willing to give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him than parents are to give good gifts to their
children. Then ask; believe what God has said. He will surely fulfill His word.
Say from the heart, “My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my
heart, and my portion for ever” (
Psalm 73:26
). The victory must be gained day by
day. As followers of Christ we are to stand on vantage ground before the world as
Christ’s representatives. Let us then engage in this part of the Christian warfare,
determinedly overcoming every weakness of character....
The Lord has had truehearted men and women, those who have made a
covenant with God by sacrifice. They have not swerved from their integrity;
they have kept themselves unspotted from the world. These have been led by the
Light of life to defeat the purposes of the wily foe. Will human beings now act
their part in resisting the devil? If they will do this, he will surely flee from them.
Angels will do for you the things you cannot do for yourselves. They are waiting
for your cooperation....
While you have one desire to resist the devil, and sincerely pray, “Deliver me
from temptation,” you will have strength for your day. It is the work of the heavenly
angels to come close to the tried, the suffering, the tempted ones.—
Manuscript
14, February 23, 1899
, “To Every Man His Work.”
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