To Keep You in ALL Your Ways

For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.

(Psalm 91:11)

Angels are the messengers of God. That is what the Hebrew and Greek words translated as “angel” mean. They are messengers, acting on God’s behalf, not their own. God gives them assignments, and they carry them out.

Here we see that He gives His angels charge over His people. That is, He gives them commands concerning us. He instructs them, appoints them for our benefit. Their assignment: To keep us in all our ways.

The Hebrew word for “keep” means to guard, protect, hedge about. This is where the idea of guardian angels comes from. God sets His angels over us to guard us in all our ways. Our ways are not just the roads and paths we travel, but everything we do. God instructs His angels to guard and protect us everywhere we go and in everything we do.

Notice that God sends His angels to keep us in all our ways. That covers everything, every area of life, all our assets, everything we set our hands to. It covers our homes, our businesses, our ministries. There is a lot of concern over identity theft these days, but God’s angels are able to guard even our identities, our bank accounts, our credit information, our medical information. Angels are hack-proof, because Almighty God has given the assignment.

Now, like everything else in the Christian life, this angelic protection is not automatic, it must be appropriated by faith. Faith is believing the promises of God. Everything God does for us is a gift of His grace, and the way to receive a gift is to say “Thank You,” then begin to use it, treating it as your own, because now it belongs to you.

All who know the Lord Jesus Christ, you are entitled to angelic protection, 24-7, in everything that pertains to you. I give thanks to God everyday for His angels watching over me and my family:

Father, I thank you that you give your angels assignment over me and my wife and my children, to keep us in all our ways, to bear us up in their hands so that we do not even dash our foot against a stone. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Angels on Assignment?

He shall give His angels charge over you,
to keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.

(Psalm 91:11-12)

Jesus said, “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 18:10). “Little ones” probably refers here, not simply to children, but to all those who receive the kingdom of God in a child-like manner, that is, in full dependence upon God.

The author of Hebrews says of angels, “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” (Hebrews 1:14).

There are certainly enough angels to go around for each one of us. However, angels do not go about on their own accord, doing whatever they please, but they minister by assignment. They are sent forth to minister, and God gives them charge over us. Psalm 103:20-21 says that His angels do His Word, heed the voice of His Word and do His pleasure.

The assignment of angels does not appear to be a general appointment to a particular class, but specific to each believer. The sense of Jesus’ statement is that each “little one” has an angel in heaven who beholds the face of Father God. (Hmmm, “face time” with the Father.)

God takes a particular interest in each one of us, so it should not be surprising in the least if God has assigned a particular angel to each one of us.

Our focus, however, is always to be on God, not on His angels. God gives the angels their assignments, we don't. Nor are we ever advised in Scripture to seek out our angels and try to communicate with them. But since the angels heed the voice of God's Word, they honor the Word of God in our mouths when we speak it in faith.

The Word of God in your mouth will activate the angels God has appointed for you in their assignments.

Put Your Angels to Work

For He shall give His angels charge over you.

(Psalm 91:11)

And of the angels He says, “Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.” … Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:7, 14)

Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His Word,
Heeding the voice of His Word.

(Psalm 103:20)

Got angels? If you know Jesus, God has given His angels charge over you. They are ministering spirits sent forth by God to minister on behalf of all those who inherit salvation. They’re in your corner.

Do you keep your angels busy or idle? They minister on behalf of those who inherit salvation. Are you giving them something to work with by claiming the provisions of your inheritance?

God’s angels do His Word. They heed the voice of His Word. Whenever they hear the Word of God being spoken in faith, they get busy. It does not matter whether the Word comes from God’s lips or ours, His angels will always obey the voice of His Word.

Many Christians have angels sitting around and waiting — longing — to hear them speak the Word of God so they can perform their duty. But often, all they hear is their Christians whining and complaining about problems and shortfalls — and they can’t do anything with that. Rather, we need to focus on the promises and provisions of God, and start proclaiming them over our problems. That will release our angels to operate; they will spring into action and apply the covenant provisions on our behalf.

God angels? Are you putting them to work by claiming the benefits of salvation over every area of your life? Let the Word of God fill your heart with faith. Then boldly proclaim it with your mouth — and get your angels off the unemployment line.