2 Kings 6:15-17 TLB “When the prophet’s servant got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Alas, my master, what shall we do now?” he cried out to Elisha. “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For our army is bigger than theirs!” Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” And the Lord opened the young man’s eyes so that he could see horses of fire and chariots of fire everywhere upon the mountain!” This account of Elisha and his servant facing the Syrian army is so inspiring. The Bible says the king of Syria sent horses, chariots, and a great host by night and surrounded the city (2 Kings 6:14).

They came for Elisha, the Man of God. But Elisha understood the Word of God, and therefore he was unperturbed. He knew that there were more angels with them than any force that could be with the Syrians, whether spiritually or physically. You must come to this understanding and consciousness that those for you are more and greater than those against you. As God’s child, you’re never alone. Hebrews 1:14 says God sent His angels to serve you. You’re surrounded by angels, who, according to the Bible, have been given charge over you, to keep you, that is, protect you in all your ways (Psalm 91:11). God’s mighty hand of protection is upon your life; hence it doesn’t matter who or what comes against you, you’re never disadvantaged. 1 John 4:4 says, “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” You’ve already overcome the adversary. Be conscious of this truth today and always. Live with the realisation that the Lord, with the innumerable company of angels, is with you, and for you. Therefore, nothing can successfully stand against you. Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2). Oftentimes, when people read the scripture above, they think it only refers to human leaders. But no; it includes angels. Angels protect and watch over you to ensure your well-being, and they report to the Father in heaven. However, when a Christian walks in the flesh and against the Word, angels will stay on the path of righteousness because they are programmed to obey God only. Remember how Jesus said he had legions of Angels all around him but the angels did not defend him when he was being crucified because his crucifixion was the will of God and He had to subject himself to complete obedience to the will of God so as to fulfil his destiny as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the whole world. Angels are assigned to believers, but they are programmed to righteousness only. As long as the believer walks in righteousness, he or she has access to angelic intervention at all times. If a believer, however, decides to walk in his own will at any time, the angel of God assigned to him or her will be restrained from intervening when the situation goes bad, and the believer will have to bear the consequences of his action by himself.

Another Example is Apostle Paul. In Acts 16, we saw how angels intervened when he was arrested. The whole prison shook, and all the gates were flung open as he and Silas sang praises to the Lord. However, he went off to Jerusalem of his own will. Despite the warnings from Agabus and the brethren that he should not go to Jerusalem, the Bible recorded that he was arrested, beaten up, almost lynched, and eventually thrown into prison. If you read this account of the scripture very well, you will notice that the only time an angel appeared to Apostle Paul was to encourage him. There was no dramatic prison break or angelic intervention; the angel just told him that he would not die. He eventually escaped from prison by appealing to Caesar. Also note that as soon as he got on a ship to Europe, the ministry of Angels resumed. An angel appeared to him on a ship and told him the ship would wreck, but the lives of all the men would be preserved. We also saw how a snake bit him, and it was of no effect on his body in Malta. This is why, as a Christian, you must be careful in your life. Refuse to be rude, proud, or arrogant. Don’t disregard spiritual authority and instructions. Angels frown at such things. The Bible specifically tells us to respect authority because of the angels. Many are facing certain challenges in their lives that wouldn’t go away, and it’s because they’re walking against God’s Word. Until and unless they make a change, there’ll be no solution. Walk in the wisdom of God by acting on the Word. Honour and revere those the Lord has placed over you to teach and raise you up spiritually. Be quick to act on spiritual instructions. Walk in love. These will strengthen your spiritual effectiveness and enhance the ministry of angels in your life. One of the most important things that I have learnt over the years, as a Minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, is that it’s better to always keep quiet, rather than opening the mouth to say worthless things. There are some Christians who are supposed to be keepers of the wisdom of God, but who do like to engage in uttering things that do not build up their own faith and that of others around them. They will often say certain things because they want to be seen as being socially acceptable to those in their world. They will talk about sickness as being something that God uses to humble people. But the scripture does not agree with them (Exodus 15:26). Sickness is from the devil, just as poverty is from the pit of hell. God is not the one making people poor. Most of the time, it’s the lack of knowledge and understanding of the will of God, which the enemy is using to subject people to such conditions. But these carriers of God’s wisdom are basically trying to fit themselves into the world, which Christ had saved and delivered them from. By saying such things, they are spiritually endangering themselves and others. We should make no mistake about it: that the devil does often sow his own seeds through those children of God, who have opened up their hearts to being used by him. Empty, worthless, and faithless words do have the ability to destroy the faith of both the speaker and the listeners alike. Such words do have the ability to cause a lot of damage, to the spiritual growth of other Christians, most especially the new believers in Christ Jesus. And in most cases, the enemy has sneaked in on those believers, because they had not been guiding their hearts Angels are on assignment over your words As the Bible says: “The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
Malachi 2:7 NLT Every word that is being planted or spoken by the Minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, does has “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies” assigned to it. There are angels of God that have been sent on assignment over every word that comes out of the mouth of the righteous man. These powerful spiritual beings are everywhere around you. They are listening to every word that you are saying, so as to bring the harvest of such words into your life, and into the lives of those listening to you also. They are ministering spirits who have been sent on assignment from the Father to minister the grace of God over those seed-words from your lips (Hebrews 1:14). They can only do what they hear you say. The angels of God do not have their own will. They can only fulfill the will of the Father, as they hear you confessing it. The Lord once warned the Israelites about their actions and words in the presence of the angel. He told them, “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.” Exodus 23:20-21 NIV The angels of God do not act on their own authority. They act only on the authority that comes from God, the Father, to them. Note that the scripture text above says – “.. my Name is in him.” The angels of God are always acting based on the authority of the Name, that you are called a child of God. They do acknowledge the presence of God and the Name of Jesus in your life, and they will act only upon the confessions of your lips that match up with the will of God. And if your words are not matching up with the person who you really are, they are greatly concerned about it (Psalms 8:4-6). Also, if your words are not in line with the perfect will of God for your life, they have the authority from the Father to judge those words until you fall in line with God’s perfect will. That was why God warned the Israelites that the angel would not forgive their rebellion. Angels have the authority of Heaven to judge every rebellious word from the lips of a believer in Christ. The Bible told us about Zachariah, the father of John the Baptist, who once misspoke in the presence of the angel of God. Angel Gabriel had been sent to him in fulfillment of the purpose of God concerning the birth of John the Baptist. Zachariah had responded to the message from God with unbelieving lips. He struggled to believe the message from the angel (Luke 1:18) that he was to have a son in his old age. Zachariah and Elizabeth had been standing by faith all their married lives together for a child. Zachariah was a Priest of the Almighty God. His lips were supposed to be guiding and uttering the wisdom of God. But at the moment of the visitation from God in response to his faith, he allowed unbelief to come out of his mouth. The angel knew that if he did not shut up this Preacher’s mouth, he would have kept on confessing the wrong things about the perfect will of God for Israel and the whole world. The scripture says: “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. But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.” Luke 1:19-20 NKJV Zachariah was unable to speak until the fulfillment of the promise of God. The angel did not want him to use his mouth as an instrument of the devil. He had to judge the unbelief that came out of his mouth. There are a lot of Christians like Zachariah today who are blocking their own miracles and breakthroughs with their lips. As Jesus said: “Also, I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.” Luke 12:8-9 NKJV “Whoever” in this context does not even refer to the believer alone. Jesus was referring to anyone who will dare to believe and confess His perfect will here on the earth. The angels are in agreement with every confession of your mouth that is in the will of God. But they cannot enforce worthless words that are in obvious denial of God’s purpose for men and women on the earth. Don’t give room to the devil. The only angel that does act on his own authority in rebellion against God is Satan, and the demons who are working together with him. They are listening to what comes out of your mouth, also. Satan and his cohorts are empowered by the worthless words that people around you may be consciously or unconsciously saying. Be very careful of the people with whom you are associated. Their words around you are like seeds which can affect your harvest from the Lord. Their different lifestyles have the ability to affect the anointing of God over your life also. The devil and his demons are there to make sure that those fear-based words become harvested in your life. And they are very subtle and deceptive in the way that they operate to entrap Christians into captivity. A child of God needs to be very careful with what people are saying constantly around him or her. Sooner or later, you may start believing in those lies of the devil, if you’re not being very careful. The angels of God cannot do anything to stop the demonic forces from enforcing the wrong words from your mouth. Fear-based words bring death. And faith-based words bring life and the Shalom (peace) of God: “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 NKJV What you’re sowing on a regular basis is what you will eventually harvest in your life on the earth, and in eternity with God also. The Preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ does him or herself no good at all if he or she preaches a good sermon in the Church but then starts sowing fear-based words outside of the Church into his community. That’s how carnally minded Preachers often behave. They will present one thing from the pulpit, but they won’t do anything to live by the standard that they are setting for others within their congregations. They are living a double life. And such should never expect anything from God in the harvest. You can’t be declaring the blessing of the Lord in the Church, but outside of the Church, when you are with your acquaintances in the world, you begin to speak like them. That’s what a double-minded Christian does (James 1:5-8). They talk about the blessing with God’s people, but when they are confronted with the reality of their circumstances outside the Church, they will begin to sow the seeds of the curse and unbelief. They will begin to speak like the very people that God has sent them to in transforming their lives into His own image. Eventually, what they are sowing among such people is what they will reap in the harvest. As John the Baptist said: “And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” Luke 3:9 NKJV Those types of seeds will eventually hurt and destroy those who are sowing them. As a Christian, you are the light of the world. You are not the light just for the Church, but your light is meant to be shining in the world that you go into on a regular basis for the Father’s business. The world is longing for your light to shine among them. There is no way for light and darkness to mix together. You can never fit into that world, no matter how hard you try to fit into it. You are light and not darkness. Live like a child of the Light. That’s why, as a child of the Light, you ought not to be opening your mouth to speak about the things that God has not told you to talk about. You should rather focus on sowing the seeds that will make Heaven glad, instead of seeking to gratify the desires of the flesh in others. If you do this continually, your light will shine brighter and brighter. And before you realize it, you will find yourself in the midst of the harvest with those words.