The Circle of His Angels

The Circle of His Angels

All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God.

Revelation 7 v 11

When we worship the Lord God in the beauty of His holiness and in truth, we are encircled by the angels of the Lord. When we fall on our faces before His throne of grace and mercy and lie flat, Jesus will come to us and say, “ Enough, arise!” As we humble ourselves before Him, He will lift us up and His angels will protect us and keep even our toe from dashing against a stone. The most intense worship is not singing, praying or praising God but it is to lie still in His presence. Though we are living we assume the position of the dead in His presence. He will breathe on us and resuscitate our spirits. By faith we are fast forwarding our lives to heaven.

Every day in my quiet time, I spend some time lying prostrate before the throne of God. The significance of lying flat in an attitude of complete surrender, submission, reverence and love is that we are saying with our bodies that we are not worthy to look at the Almighty, that we have lowered ourselves to our lowest position voluntarily before Him. We are offering ourselves as a living sacrifice before the throne of God. We are acknowledging with the totality of our being, spirit, mind and body the sovereign power and authority of the Lord. We trust in Him and He rules and reigns in our lives both now and forever.

As we surrender our lives to the Lord and lie on the crystal glass surface of heaven, in complete stillness before His throne, surrounded by the circle of His army of angels, witnessed by the elders and the creatures guarding the throne of God, the peace or Shalom of the Lord will penetrate and saturate our lives. All the hurting thorns of our lives will burn rapidly and God’s throne will be established in our lives. The Lord God and His Son the Lamb Jesus will not let us rise from our position of assumed death without anointing us afresh and bestowing on us a portion of blessing, glory, wisdom, honour,power and might that belong to them God for ever and ever. As we rise and move about our daily chores, the circle of His angels will continue to accompany and watch over us.


Prateep V Philip