At Sycamore View church of Christ I heard an amazing testimony about the power of prayer and angels. A one year old child was in the hospital because he was having constant convulsive seizures. The doctors loaded up the child on enough Valium for a 200 pound man, but the seizures continued. The hospital Chaplin gave the mother little comfort by saying "sometimes they survive this". While the child was in the MRI machine the father arrived at the hospital. He prayed for God to surround the child with angels to give him comfort. Immediately the seizures stopped.
I rarely, if ever, consider the role angels play in my life. I do not ask God to surround me with angels, I ask for peace directly from Him. I do not think anything is wrong about that, but maybe I should give angels more credit, or take them into account at least.
I think my lack of knowledge of what angels are capable of comes from our culture. I see so many TV shows and movies that portray angels almost mockingly, like "Angels in the Outfield". Or I see shows that give characters guardian angels and the angels assist the characters in the most unreasonable of circumstances. Maybe worst of all the characters become romantically involved with an angel. This makes me unsure of how powerful angels really are. It causes me to ask myself how angels are involved in my life. How much do I allow them to be a part of my life?
Angels seem to be God's messengers in the bible. Maybe the peace I ask for is given from God through angels?
Should I limit my expectations of what angels can do? I don't think so. I think God would rather us have too much faith (if that is possible) than to be skeptical of the things He can do, including the use of angels. So maybe from now on I will include in my prayers the assistance of angels.
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