Job 5:1 "Job, call out for help and see if an angel comes!" Poor Job. God and Satan tested Job and he became desperate to understand why he was tempted. His well-meaning friends tried hard to help, but often they made things worse for Job. Eliphaz, in the book of Job, gave the above advice to no avail. An angel did not come.
"Now, in Acts 10:4, a man named Cornelius had a vision of an angel from God and asked him, "What is this all about?" Cornelius was surprised and his comment is similar to what we might say today, "Now what?" Certainly, an angel's visitation is mighty peculiar in today's world but perhaps, we'd better be keeping our eyes wide open, just in case angels might come upon us. Who can tell?
"I had a blow-out on a superhighway a long time ago and once I got the car over to the side of the road, I bent over the steering wheel and prayed for help. I had never changed a tire. Within moments, a car pulled up behind mine and a man got out. He changed my tire in seconds. I have always believed he was an angel. He would not take money. He wore no gloves or boots in the dead of winter. Kind stranger or angel I will never know. But I had called out to God for help. And He did.
"God keep me---and all of us--vigilant for your heavenly beings and for their service to you that I might participate with them as you see fit. Amen."
And I repeat this prayer today that you, too, might participate in the watchfulness for God's special gifts, His angels.
Jo INMN
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