CHRISTIAN SINGLES DATING
GUIDE: WORKING WITH ANGELS
MINISTERING ANGELS
Number three Genesis 28:20-22 Then Jacob made a vow,
saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this
way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing
to put on, so that I come back to my father's house in
peace, then the Lord shall be my God. And this stone which
I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all
that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to
you." He made a covenant with God. A tithe is a
symbol of covenant you have with God. And that is why the
angel came to help him. In the book of Genesis an angel
appeared in a dream when he was being cheated. Jacob had
obeyed God as much as he knows how. And he was at the end
of himself and then God started working in his life
through the angels.
Joseph's life in Matthew 1 the angel gave him
direction. There are certain conditions for angels to
direct us. Matthew 1:19 Joseph her husband being a just
man. Number one we must want to do right. If in our
heart we intend to do wrong don’t expect angelic
direction. We have to deal with our own flesh. Joseph was
a just man and he really wanted to do what was right. But
what was right in his mind and in his calculation happened
to be wrong. He didn’t understand why these things were
happening. He didn’t understand and couldn't accept
Mary's experience. But he was a very righteous man and was
true to his conscience. He didn’t want Mary to be put to
shame. And he just wanted to cover and protect everything
and just quietly go off.
Number one the direction will come if we are desirous
to do the right thing. Verse nineteen being a just man
not wanting to make her a public example: he was,
number two, a man of love and compassion. When you always
seek the ways of compassion and the ways to walk in life
God will direct your path. The way of love and compassion
is the best way. He could be angry with her and do
anything. He never did any of these things because he love
Mary. Joseph was a man of love and compassion. When we
have hate, anger and all the other things, angels cannot
help us because our life is not right. But out of love you
want to do the most loving thing possible and sometimes
the most loving thing may also be the wrong thing; it may
actually cause more hurt, even though your intentions are
right. All of us can make mistakes like that. Sometimes
the way they express their love to you is not received.
Just like sometimes a man may have his good intentions
misinterpreted when he gives something to his wife on a
special occasion like her birthday or anniversary. Instead
of buying her flowers he bought her a washing machine. You
may have remembered all the times she slaved in washing
clothes but she can be very upset. "Who do you think
I am, a washerwoman?" When a man does that he may be
doing it out of love. Sometimes we intend something in
love but it is not expressed in a way that the other
person understands. Sometimes our heart is full of love
but when we express it, it is not received as love. It is
received as interference, received as busybody, received
as all kinds of wrong things. So here Joseph had good
intentions, what he wanted to do was wrong in God's sight.
It was the wrong method because he got the wrong
understanding. But basically he loved Mary still. If he
didn’t love Mary he would have chased her out. That is
number two he had a heart full of love and wanted to put
her away secretly.
