Praise
the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who
obey his word.
--
Psalm 103:20
There's an old story about three
blindfolded men who were asked to touch and identify an undisclosed object. And
that object happened to be live African elephant...but no one told them!
The first man touched the
elephant's 
muscular trunk. The second man grasped the
elephant's boney tale. And the third man--moving his hands across the beast's
rugged hide--marveled at its rough exterior. Needless to say, their impressions
about the mysterious object were way off the mark. A 10,000-pound elephant was
right in front of them. But they failed to see the big picture.
muscular trunk. The second man grasped the
elephant's boney tale. And the third man--moving his hands across the beast's
rugged hide--marveled at its rough exterior. Needless to say, their impressions
about the mysterious object were way off the mark. A 10,000-pound elephant was
right in front of them. But they failed to see the big picture.
Many people these days also miss
the big picture when it comes to spiritual matters. And that's even true for
some long-time Christ-followers. So to correct this common vision problem, God
has throughout history communicated His message through prophets, the Bible,
the Holy Spirit and of course His Son, Jesus.
God also uses angels to spread the word.
These are His special messengers that can appear to you and me, remain
invisible or communicate to us in dreams. The Bible actually advises us to be
hospitable at all times because we might be entertaining angels without even
knowing it. What a get-together that would be!
But God's messages through angels
are more than the stuff of cocktail party conversation; His are words that
change history. In the Book
of Matthew, angels revealed
to Mary that she would soon give birth to the Savior of mankind. The angels confirmed to Joseph
(Mary's fiancé) that the Holy Spirit was indeed the source of her pregnancy.
And angels celebrated
the Good News of Jesus' birth to the shepherds, who had seen the brilliant
guiding star as it hovered over the manger in Bethlehem.
It's through revelation,
confirmation and celebration that God heals spiritual blindness--and not just
2,000 years ago in an obscure village somewhere in the Middle East. As 2015 approaches, His big picture message continues to unfold to the
world, and often through Christ-followers like you and me.
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