Angels Watching Over Me Series

2nd - When your loved ones die, they don’t become angels. Your mama MIGHT have been an angel, but she’ll never be one of angelic beings that God created. Uncle Fred and Aunt Susie (when they died) didn’t become angels. In fact, they might not have been all that angelic to begin with.

BUT real Angels are wayyyy more powerful than any human could ever be. A little later in 2 Kings we read that Sennacherib - the King of Assyria - came and surrounded Jerusalem with a mighty army. And intending to dishearten the defenders, Sennacherib mocked Hezekiah (the King of Judah) and then… he made the mistake of mocking their God. That’s when we read “That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!” 2 Kings 19:35

Sennacherib went home… and he never came back.

Angels are intimidating creatures. That’s why every time an angel shows up in Scripture, the first words out of their mouths is “Don’t be afraid.” Because they can be scary. But WE don’t have to be afraid of them because Angels are OUR SERVANTS and they’ve been sent to watch over us.

Now, Psalm 8:5 tells us that God has “made (us) a little lower than the angels…” (in other words, we weren’t created to be angels), but, through the blood of Jesus Christ we’ve been elevated to a place HIGHER than angels, so that now - not only are they our servants, but 1 Corinthians 6:3 tells us that one day “… we will judge angels.” So, don’t have to be afraid of Angels. They’re on our side! They’re our Servants… they’ve been sent to watch over us.

That brings me to the comment of Elisha’s servant when he saw the Assyrian army. He goes to Elisha and he said “What shall WE do?” Now, that’s a DUMB question. The answer was obvious: There wasn’t anything they can do!

The city was surrounded by a massive army…and there’s only 2 of them! There was NOTHING that they could do! It’s a dumb question.

But as dumb as that question is… we all ask it at one time or another. “What can we do?” We get surrounded by situations we can’t control, overwhelmed by troubles and difficulties and tragedies. And we feel trapped, and there’s no way out. And so, in despair, we ask: “What can we do?” And deep inside we KNOW – there isn’t a thing we CAN do. So we feel hopeless, and desperate… and miserable.

(THOUGHTFULLY) Not a thing we can do. (Pause) Well… no, that’s not true. There is ONE THING we CAN do. We can pray to the Lord of Hosts/ the God of angel armies. When we’re faced with situations we can’t control, we need to remember that God has not abandoned us. He’ll not leave us or forsake us.

Now I’d love to tell you that every time we pray to God for help the heaven’s open, angels come down, and all our troubles are swept away. And… that does happen. I’ve seen it happen. I’ve seen God act with majesty and power and I was pretty sure there was some angelic stuff going on. But it doesn’t happen every time.

Jesus said “In this world you WILL have trouble, but take heart because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33