The Angel of the Lord by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Oct 14, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 11.

The Angel of the Lord.

By T.

HOW helpful, how soul-inspiring, how encouraging, are the statements of God's word in regard to the work that His angels perform for the children of men! One of these beautiful promises reads: "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." Ps. 34: 7. Those who have the fear of the Lord before them have this mighty wall of protection. "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him." The angels do not take up a permanent abode where they can visit the children of God from time to time to see how they are progressing, but they actually are with them all the time. They encamp round about them that fear Him.

When the Lord's children move from place to place, the angels move their camps, so as to be continually with them and to protect them. The natural eye does not behold these spiritual beings, but God's promises say they are there, and His children know that they are there because of the protection which they give. The dangers through which the children of the Lord pass unharmed because of the protecting power of these encamping angels, we may never know until the judgment-day. How many times in our experiences have we been brought face to face with dangers that seemed to threaten dire disaster or sudden death, but immediately the danger disappeared and we passed along unharmed!

The ministering power of the angels of God is there, and they have done their appointed work. Such is the protecting power that God gives through His angels; such is the comforting assurance afforded us through the precious promise of the divine word.