Tuesday January 07th, 2025
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15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.
25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Hebrews 1:13-14 says that angels are ministering spirits.
They are sent to minister to those of us who are heirs of salvation.
Once you we born again, at least one angel is allocated to follow you everywhere you go.
- He is to follow you so that he can protect, assist and defend you.
- The angel will also monitor your actions and report your activities to God.
It is a beautiful thing to have an angel with you everywhere you go.
Whenever the enemies think they have gotten you, your angel can just simply take you out of their hold when they have gone to sleep ( Acts 5:17-25, Acts 12:5-11).
- Even if you come face to face with lions, an angel will shut their mouths so that they don’t harm you ( Daniel 6:19-22).
With an angel with you everywhere you go, you have the best security in the universe because angels are really strong.
The first time you see an angel of God, the first thing he will tell you is, “Fear not”, because you would really be frightened.
What you get from an angel is determined by whose side you are on.
If you are on God’s side, the angel will work for you; if you are not, the angel can block your way so that everything you try to do would just be hitting a brick wall.
In Numbers 22:1-35 , we read about Balaam who God told not to go with Balak when the latter called for the prophet.
Balaam insisted that he wanted to go.
An angel blocked the way and was ready to kill him because the Bible says God’s anger was kindled against him.
If a demon is blocking your way, you can tell it to get out and it would leave,
but if an angel stands in your way and you tell him to go, he would ask,
“In whose name?” If you say, “In Jesus’ name”, he will say,
“It is Jesus that asked me to stand here” and there would be no way to move forward from there.
If you don’t want an angel to stand in your way, you had better not annoy God.
It was an angel that ensured that the Egyptians did not get close to the Israelites all night so that they could be drowned in the morning.
The angel was rescuing the Israelites while simultaneously pushing the Egyptians towards death.
Do not displease God; surrender your life to Jesus and live a holy life so that God’s angels will work in your favor.
Application – Angels will work for you if you are on God’s side but against you if you are living in sin.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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