Fearlessly Courageous
From the Desk of Dennis Piller
7 4 2023
Angel Armies – What are they really?
Spiritual Warfare – Demons – Demonic oppressions – the spirit world. We have heard so much talk and sermons on Satan being a roaring lion, being the prince of this earth. There is this spiritual realm around us that we have read about heard and believe but in all of this we rarely hear talk about Angels. They are mentioned around 300 times in scripture from Genesis to Revelation and another 200 times
under the Lord of Host, and angel armies.
How many times have we heard: Stop giving Satan so much credit for all the chaos around us? What we do know is God created these heavenly angels to do his bidding. To protect his own. To run missions of wisdom, power, warfare, and enlightenment…
all to the ultimate glory of God himself.
I see no evidence that we can call them to help us. Pray them into our scenarios or give them any direction. They are emissaries of God personally sent to help his children that are walking along his path.
Matthew 18:10 states, “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.” In this context, “these little ones” could either apply to those who believe in Him (v. 6) or it could refer to the little children (vs. 3-5). There is no doubt that good angels help protect (Daniel 6:20-23; 2 Kings 6:13-17), reveal information (Acts 7:52-53; Luke 1:11-20), guide (Matthew 1:20-21; Acts 8:26), provide for (Genesis 21:17-20; 1 Kings 19:5-7), and minister to believers in general (Hebrews 1:14).
But they seek no acclaim…they want none and receive none. They go in like the Special Forces…they hit their target, accomplish their mission and they’re gone. They neither need or desire our thanks because they never move of their own accord. As the old proverb says, they never rush in… “where angels fear to tread”. There is no indication that you can call on them, ask them a favor, pray to them, or ask them to speak to you. They move only on the command of God himself. They live to serve him, point to him…it is never about them. (We could learn much from them in that aspect). Again, in Matt 18:10 they are “always” watching the face of God to hear his commands because he is the only one omniscient.
Dial 911 or rather 91:11 Psalms… what do you get? “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone”.
God uses the angels as he wishes but He does not need them. Hebrews 1:7
The truth is the spiritual realm is much bigger, much more powerful, and more real than the world we see. I imagined the Matrix movie and all the behind-the-scenes dimensions depicted. I have always believed that things happen in the spirit realm before they happen in the natural. The fact that we don’t see these spiritual realities doesn’t lessen their truth.
2 Corinthians 4:18 “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”.
Today, I pray your eyes to be opened to the eyes of faith. Elijah was surrounded by the Syrian army and his servant was freaking out. Elisha prayed in 2 Kings 6:17 to open his servant’s eyes so he can see, that they that are with us are more than those against us. He saw a ring of fire, an angel army, surrounding their enemies….protecting the prophet. I pray that you will see the power of God around your life, and the spiritual levels of protection around everything you do. To see that ring of fire and God’s angel army surrounding your enemies when you walk with God!
You can have that faith. You can see into the Spirit world with the Spirit Eyes you have right now. Enter into His presence with trembling and He will open your eyes to see His promises are Yes and amen in Jesus!
