July 28: The Joy of Service.
The Angels Labor With Us.
Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.--Psalm 103:20, NKJV
IN THE PRESENCE CHAMBER of the King of kings they wait--"angels, that excel in strength," "ministers of His, that do His pleasure," "hearkening unto the voice of His word." Psalm 103:19-21; Revelation 5:11. Ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, were the heavenly messengers beheld by the prophet Daniel. The apostle Paul declared them "an innumerable company." Daniel 7:10; Hebrews 12:22. As God's messengers they go forth, like "the appearance of a flash of lightning" (Ezekiel 1:14), so dazzling their glory, and so swift their flight....
Angels are sent on missions of mercy to the children of God. To Abraham, with promises of blessing; to the gates of Sodom, to rescue righteous Lot from its fiery doom; to Elijah, as he was about to perish from weariness and hunger in the desert; to Elisha, with chariots and horses of fire surrounding the little town where he was shut in by his foes; to Daniel, while seeking divine wisdom in the courts of a heathen king, abandoned to become the lion's prey; to Peter, doomed to death in Herod's dungeon; to the prisoners at Philippi; to Paul and his companions in the night of tempest on the sea; to open the mind of Cornelius to receive the gospel; to dispatch Peter with the message of salvation to the Gentile stranger--thus holy angels have, in all aged, ministered to God's people.--The Great Controversy, 511, 512.
And the angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands
in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you
and bring you these glad tidings."
--Luke 1:19, NKJV
The Angels Labor With Us.
Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.--Psalm 103:20, NKJV
IN THE PRESENCE CHAMBER of the King of kings they wait--"angels, that excel in strength," "ministers of His, that do His pleasure," "hearkening unto the voice of His word." Psalm 103:19-21; Revelation 5:11. Ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, were the heavenly messengers beheld by the prophet Daniel. The apostle Paul declared them "an innumerable company." Daniel 7:10; Hebrews 12:22. As God's messengers they go forth, like "the appearance of a flash of lightning" (Ezekiel 1:14), so dazzling their glory, and so swift their flight....
Angels are sent on missions of mercy to the children of God. To Abraham, with promises of blessing; to the gates of Sodom, to rescue righteous Lot from its fiery doom; to Elijah, as he was about to perish from weariness and hunger in the desert; to Elisha, with chariots and horses of fire surrounding the little town where he was shut in by his foes; to Daniel, while seeking divine wisdom in the courts of a heathen king, abandoned to become the lion's prey; to Peter, doomed to death in Herod's dungeon; to the prisoners at Philippi; to Paul and his companions in the night of tempest on the sea; to open the mind of Cornelius to receive the gospel; to dispatch Peter with the message of salvation to the Gentile stranger--thus holy angels have, in all aged, ministered to God's people.--The Great Controversy, 511, 512.
And the angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands
in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you
and bring you these glad tidings."
--Luke 1:19, NKJV
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