REST ASSURED, YOU HAVE ALL THE SECURITY
As a Christian, your protection is held securely by the Lord Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega. In Christ, you have divine protection while walking in God’s will, often in the face of dangers – his anchor will hold you.
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.”
[Psalm 91:11]KJV
Beloved, thank the Lord for his strength and support for you. Keep your eyes fixed on him, trust him at all times, most especially in hard times. And with your Faith in him, expect that your security is assured, because of his faithfulness and promise.
God has given the Angels charge over us to protect us in the same way the Angels encircled Elisha and his servant from the Syrian army and protected them in time of need. In that same way, the Angels are surrounding his faithful ones and protecting them the same way today as at then. We have to continue to abide in him, trust and align our divine spirit to his Holiness, as the children of God.
It doesn’t matter what storms are surrounding you now or would in future. Even if you are in the midst of a crowd, you are anchored under the cover of the Lord. In that frenzied moment, you could be that one man or woman alone among them, remaining completely calm because of your faith. So, through your deep-rooted faith in Christ, your word of wisdom or prayer will not anchor you alone but will be supportive and comforting to all.
As we choose to make God our refuge and our dwelling place, he will command His angels to watch over us and surround us with this divine protection. God is our refuge and strength, and we should not by any means lose sight of this promise. He is our protection, and he has commanded angels to come to our assistance every time. Do you believe that? Oh, yes, I do. Trust in him and strengthen your faith in him, and I promise you that you will not be disappointed.
You may ask why the all-powerful God needs Angels to protect his children.
Here is why – Yes, God is more than powerful enough to function without Angels, but he chooses to use them to uphold his will for mankind and beyond. He chooses to use them to declare to the world what his will is, but more importantly, he uses them to protect us from the evil one and his evil plots against his children daily.
A clear example of Angels used for our protection can be established in the second chapter of the book of Kings as the basis for my topic from Psalm 91:11 at the start of this write-up, “… he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways”, meaning what? He will protect his children in every way without hesitation to win the battle for them.
It is very clear that the children of the Lord are often being sought for destruction by the devil and his cohorts, but God never forsakes us and has all the protection and resources his children need at every time. Hence, we as the children of God have to be “eye openers,” very shrewd, and be discerning in the spirit because our battle is not physical but spiritual.
That said, we must take comfort that, whether it is war or in personal storms of any kind, grieving and lamentation, the Lord is always anchoring us in his care by giving “his angels charge over us.”
To take courage and increase our faith, let us avail ourselves of the testimony of Prophet Elisha and his servant at the time when the king of Syria was at the throat of the people of Israel. The Syrian army could come anytime, kill, ransack and loot everything now and then without any notice or Israel being aware.
Then came Prophet Elisha, so powerful and could prophesy everything about Israel, present and future and the attacks from Syria. The Syrians then grew weary of Elisha, who was leaking every move of their invasion against Israel, rendering them failures. So the attention was drawn to eliminating Elisha.
Elisha knew that the Syrian king had sent soldiers to surround the city to kill and eliminate him. So Elisha and his servant woke up in the morning, seeing hundreds of chariots and horses of soldiers surrounding them.
Elisha, on his part, was not afraid because he knew how the story will end. God has sent his Angels over the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire, all around him and the servant.
And so, this is how the Scripture narrative revealed what happened, to the panicky servant’s surprise, through the divine power of God.
He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. [2 Kings 6:16-17]ESV
Here Are the 3 Takeaways:
1) The servant saw only the physical danger, while Elisha saw the spiritual reality
of God’s protection over them. The servant’s faith had grown weary with fear.
2) Despite how devastating our circumstances appear, God’s invisible presence
is stronger than any adversary.
3) As believers, we have to trust the Lord and align our spirit with His Divine
Holiness to discern beyond circumstances with faith in God’s power.
As a Christian, you have all the help and protection you need, so do not fear but rather be aware of what you have and strengthen your faith.
We never would have known Christ’s love if Christ had not died for us. We could neither have seen the Fathers’ affection and faithfulness towards us. His asking, trust in me, have confidence and faith with hope in him.
And if you do, rest assured you are always secured because “he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.” Keep the Faith and always keep Hope alive.
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