“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” – Hebrews 1:14
Dave Gibbons, an experienced ice fisherman, went out one December on Bald Eagle Lake, Minnesota with his cousin Eric. They found an isolated spot and settled in.
Dave remembers: “Suddenly, I began to sink as the crusted snow beneath my feet dropped away. I plunged chest-deep into freezing water. I struggled to get back onto the ice, but I could not get my leg on the side of the hole to kick myself out.”
After Eric unsuccessfully tried to reach him, Dave saw a man approaching from behind. Dave recalls: “‘I’ve got a rope,’ he said. He tossed the end to me. I grasped it like a lifeline, and the two of them (Eric and the man) pulled me out of the hole. Relief washed over me.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the stranger with his rope, walking off in the same direction he had come from. I was too busy counting my blessings to chase after him. Eric and I called it a day, and before we packed up I looked for the man in the distance, but he was gone.
The next day, Eric met Dave to go ice fishing again. “You know,” Eric said, “I never saw that guy’s face.”
“I didn’t either,” Dave said. Eric believes an angel rescued him.
Angels are ministering spirits sent to serve us and protect us. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that He has sent His angels to protect us.
“Could the veil be lifted, we would see that angels of God are around us to preserve us from unseen dangers. Thousands of times has their care been especially manifested for us in our warfare with the agencies of Satan.” - Ellen G. White
God’s Word: “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways” – Psalm 91:11
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