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Guardian Angels
Friday, February 21, 2025 by Rick Stockwell
Guardian Angels
READ Psalm 91:1-16
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways …
--- Psalm 91:11 (NIV)
While jogging down a steep hill, I approached a three-way intersection. Cars were moving in either direction on the road perpendicular to me. I neared the intersection on the left side of the road, opposite traffic. Large bushes blocked my view around the left corner, so I couldn’t see traffic coming from that direction. A car approached from the right side with its blinker on, waiting to turn onto the road where I was standing. I heard a voice in my head telling me to get off the road and step onto the dirt embankment beside it. A few seconds later a large pickup truck drove directly over the spot on the road where I had been standing, with its accelerator on full so it could make it up the steep hill. If I hadn’t obeyed that voice, I would have been killed or severely injured.
Some may disagree with the concept of guardian angels, but it’s clear from scripture that they exist (see Psalm 34:7; 91:11; Matthew 18:10; Acts 12:15; and Hebrews 1:14). Perhaps they were sent here to protect us until our prescribed days on earth have ended (Psalm 139:16; Job 14:5; 21:21). God only knows the other close-calls we may have been rescued from during our lifetime, perhaps with us not even knowing about it.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Thank God for his protection.
Prayer: Father in heaven, please protect us from unknown dangers lurking in our future.
Prayer Focus: JOGGERS
Rick Stockwell
Rick Stockwell retired from a career in information technology, teaches Sunday school for first graders, served as an elder at his church, has been married for thirty-five years, and has two children and six grandchildren.
Rick is the author of two novels in his Heavenly Realms series called The Wall and The Battle. Audio, eBook and paperback versions are accessible via this link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07HQ8G3MJ
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