THE LORD GOES BEFORE YOU



By Paul Dhinakaran

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways    (Psalm 91:11)

Dearly beloved,

First of all, in Exodus 23:20, the Lord says, "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” The Lord Jesus said, "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:10).

According to the above Scriptures, first of all, God sends an angel to go before you. The angels of the little ones who have committed themselves to God always see the face of the Father in heaven. Not only the little children, but all those who accept the Lord Jesus like a child become part of heaven. So when you give your life to Him and accept Him as your Father, you become a little child in His sight and become a partaker of heaven. The Lord said, in Isaiah 45:2-5, “I will go before you and will level the mountains…I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places.”

When the Lord sends His angels before you, He first says, “I will guard you in all the things you do, in all your ways and all through your life. You shall be protected by Me.” The ark of the Lord was kept in the house of Obed-Edom. Because of the ark of the Lord, He blessed him and his entire household and protected them. The Bible says, “The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household” (II Samuel 6:11,12).

David came to know about the Lord blessing Obed-Edom. So he went and brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. Because of that, the Lord blessed him and his entire household. When he passed through the enemies’ camp, He caused a deep sleep to fall on all the men of war in the enemy camp (I Samuel 26:12). Nobody was aware that he had passed by them. The Lord protected him. Dear one, the Lord will go before you and protect you and everything that belongs to you. You need not fear. You need not fear thinking, “Will I fall into sin? Will my family fall into sin? Will I lose my job? Will I become weak and die?’ The angel of God will go before you and take care of everything. He will protect you.

David the Psalmist says, “…He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways” (Psalm 91:11). The eyes of the Lord are always watching His beloved children and His ears are attentive to their cry for help. He will never allow your foot to slip for His angels are always beside you to preserve you.