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The Help of Angels

Angels stand ready to help us. Really.

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

   - Revelation 14.6

On one occasion the monks said to Mochuda, “Our fields are ripe,” said they, “but we have no reapers.” “God is able [to give] you reapers,” said Mochuda. So a band of angels descended on the field and reaped it.

  - Anonymous, Life of Mochuda, Irish, 16th century from an earlier ms.

This passage in Revelation provokes me to wonder. It puts me in mind of the angel who arrested Philip and sent him on his mission to the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8.26), the angel who freed Peter from prison in Acts 12, and the one who appeared to encourage Paul in Acts 27.

Angels, it seems, are inclined to visit us from time to time, without making themselves known as such (Heb. 13.2).

Angels are all around us, just beyond the veil which separates the world of sight and sound from the unseen world from which Jesus reigns over all things.

I wonder how the angels are involved with us, particularly as it relates to the proclamation of the Gospel. Because from what I’ve observed of late, if the angels aren’t proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, it’s not getting much distribution.

We’ve become a non-evangelistic evangelical Church in this country. Maybe we should begin praying that the angels would plop down in our Personal Mission Fields and give us a hand at this most basic task.

Seriously, the question remains in my mind: Scripture frequently talks about the role of angels in helping us along in the life of faith. Celtic Christians talked and wrote about their participation with angels matter-of-factly, like they really experienced it. What we see in the hagiographical accounts – such as the Life of Mochuda – may be a little too free, but who are we to say? If God could send angels to minister to His Son, can He not send them to minister to us as well?

I prefer to think that He can, and does, but I’m not prepared to get too specific about the theology of angelic ministrations. It’s enough for me to believe that, as I press on in the work to which God has called me, He can send His angels to help in whatever way I need it, at just the time I need it.

Do you expect the help of angels? If you thought they’d come to your aid as you shared the Gospel with a lost friend, would you be more inclined to do so?

They stand ready, waiting for us to take the next steps of obedience.

Psalm 91.11-13 (Lauda Anima: “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”)
He will give His angels charge to bear us up, lest we should fall;
They will guard and carry all who on the Savior’s mercy call.
Cobra, might lion, serpent: We shall tread upon them all!

I believe in angels, Lord, I really do, but I’m not sure how much to rely on them. I’ll trust in You to do what’s best for me at all times, and if You choose to use angels, I will certainly praise You for that as well. Only let me be found obedient.

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T. M. Moore, Principal
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T. M. Moore is principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He and his wife, Susie, make their home in the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
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