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Angels: God's Messengers


“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels “(Hebrews 13:2).

We may not know all we would like to about angels; but the Bible makes ninety-one references to them. Since God’s Word is true I do believe in these powerful, holy beings (2 Peter 2:11; Luke 9:26). They don’t have physical bodies as we understand. Most of the time they are invisible to the human eye; however, sometimes they appear glorious with the light of God surrounding them (Matthew 28:4). They appear sometimes in human form (Genesis 19). I believe God sends them to us to confirm His holy presence in our lives.

A couple of years ago, I had a dream in which a homeless man appeared; walking with a crutch. In my dream, I was to give him a Bible with a ten dollar bill tucked inside it. The next morning, on my way into town I passed a homeless man on the left side of the road, he was standing there propped on a tree limb which he was using as a crutch. I drove on past him but suddenly remembered my dream the night before. In a Spiritual awareness God spoke to me saying “This is the man I showed you in your dream.” Well, I turned around and went back to the man. I looked for one of my little New Testaments I keep in my glove compartment for handing out but they were all gone. I then looked in my wallet for a ten dollar bill but all that I had was three one dollar bills and a twenty. I reached for the three ones and God said, “No, give him the twenty!” Of course, I did as God told me. After leaving the man I drove maybe a block and turned around not believing what had just happened. I had just lived out my dream! When I looked for the man he was gone! In a matter of ten or fifteen seconds he had disappeared! To this day I still believe he was an angel testing my willingness to be faithful to what God had called me to do.

In his book, Angels: God’s Secret Agents, Billy Graham said, “We may not always be aware of the presence of angels. We can’t always predict how they will appear. But angels have been said to be our neighbors. The Bible assures us, one day our eyes will be unscaled to see and know the full extent of the attention angels have given us (1 Corinthians 13:11, 12). “

God watches over us, and I believe He sends powerful His angels to encourage us and to help us know His will for our lives. I thank God for His holy messengers.







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