How do angels assist believers?

A brief about angels
Angels are created beings. Angels worship and serve God. There are different kinds of angels mentioned in Scripture. These include (A)the Cherubims. These are angels sent on special assignments. They are working and warring angels. Then we also have (B)the Seraphims. These are worshipping angels standing before God's throne, worshipping Him. We also learn in Scripture that there are angels who are sent to minister to believers. God has assigned some of His angels to minister (serve alongside, assist, aid, help) us His sons and daughters, heirs of salvation.

Hebrews 1:13-14
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said: "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL"?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

We observe several ways that angels in which angels assist God’s people. This is not a complete list, but here are some to consider:

1, Angels protect us and deliver us

Psalm 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

Psalm 91:11-12
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Angels protect and rescue us from harm and danger in both spiritual and natural realms. They intervene in situations keeping us away from harm and keeping harm away from us.

2, Angels assist us, open doors for us

Genesis 24:7,40
7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
40 But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.

Abraham commissioned his servant Eleazar to go find a bride for his son Isaac. In vs 7 Abraham expressed his faith that God’s angel will assist his servant on this important assignment. Later in vs 40 Eleazar affirms his personal faith and actual experience of angelic assistance in seeing this assignment fulfilled.

In a similar manner we can expect angels to assist us in the very practical things we do in everyday life. A simple prayer “God, please send your angels to help me in this matter” is one way to receive angelic assistance.

3, Angels can deliver material things

1 Kings 19:5-6
5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."
6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.

In this instance we see an angel delivering food to Elijah. There is no information on how and where the angel got the food, who cooked it, etc. But the fact is that food was delivered to Elijah.

God’s angels can do the same or similar things today.

4, Angels can open prison doors – natural and spiritual

Acts 5:17-19
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

Angels can open doors, orchestrate the opening of doors both in the natural literal way, in circumstances and situations in life and in a spiritual sense as well.

5, Angels can remove chains – natural and spiritual

Acts 12:7
Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, "Arise quickly!" And his chains fell off his hands.

Angels can remove chains, break them off and bring release both in the natural and in a spiritual sense as well.

6, Angels engage in spiritual conflict

Daniel 10:13,20
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.

We are in spiritual conflict with the powers of darkness attempting to steal, kill and destroy. Demonic spirits attempt to hinder God’s plans for our lives, intrude into areas they should not be accessing, attempt to hinder answers to prayer, etc. The angels of God minister for us who believe, acting on our behalf, overthrowing what the powers of darkness attempt to do, as we engage in prayer and declaration of God’s Word.

7, Angels assist in evangelism

Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert.

Angels can assist us in reaching and serving people as they bring God’s instruction and orchestrate situations setting things up for us to reach the unsaved or serve others in need and fulfill God’s purposes.

There are many other ways that angels minister for us in Scripture. The above is a short list to help encourage us and build expectations in our hearts so we can pray and ask for such angelic assistance.

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