Calling
on Angels
He was with the wild animals, and
angels attended him.
Mark 1:13
As Stan shared about the night he came
to Christ, I couldn’t help but grin. “My Father-in-law invited me
to attend a ‘Firestorm’ conference with him. I thought ‘okay,
it’s probably only gonna be a couple hours…no big deal.’ I had
no idea it was a three day event! The evangelist the first night
seemed to know me personally. I know that because he talked about me
all night!” he said, tongue-in-cheek. “I saw him in the halls of
the stadium afterward and asked him to remember me and my battle with
alcoholism in his prayers. He surprised me. ‘Let’s pray right
now!’ he said. It was awesome! I haven’t had the urge to drink
from that moment to this!”
Stan shook his head as he said, “But
when I got home I couldn’t find anyone to teach me about
Jesus...everyone I approached said, ‘Just read your Bible, Stan.
God will help you understand.’ Even my pastor wouldn’t make time
for me...”
I could tell he’d been more than a
little frustrated as he continued, “Then one day I was reading in
Mark where Jesus had been led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit,
and angels had ministered to him. Right then I remembered that
somewhere else I’d read that we would do everything Jesus did. So I
said, ‘Lord, I can’t find anyone to teach me about You. Would You
please send Your angels to reveal the truth of Your word.’ For the
next two months everything I read I understood! It was awesome!”
†
As a babe in Christ, Stan took God’s
word as truth. And because of his earnest request, he received the
instruction he needed.
God loves it when we come expectantly,
laying claim to His promises! Yet, many of us doubt because we have
never seen or experienced the manifestation of an angelic encounter.
But just because we have not yet experienced something does not
negate its validity. Stan can attest that such occurrences do happen.
For the new or seasoned in Christ, God
is waiting to send ministering angels your way. Call out and see. And
when you call, wait as a desperate man in the desert. God will send
them.
Prayer
“Father God, please send
Your angels to minister to my needs. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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