Uncertainty In Paradise

You must think it’s much more enjoyable to be an angel than a man. They have the freedom to think so strategically; never getting trapped in the mire of the day to day. They fly around doing their orders, clothed in immortality. The battles in which they are enjoined are not real battles, not like yours. They see the world differently; from the point of view of eternity. They know that I always win so it makes their jobs mere exercises with assured outcomes. Not like you, wondering if what you’re doing is right and if the whole ball of string is going to come unwound. Yeah, you’re thinking that it must be pretty cushy being an angel. 

If I sound sarcastic it’s only because I am. Some of my angels left Me. The whys and wherefores of that whole affair will remained cloaked from your understanding for the time being but suffice it to say that they had their doubts about the way I was running things. There was uncertainty in paradise. Not so hard to fathom if you take into account two things:

1.   Angels have the capacity to make choices and I honor the choices that they make.

2.   I don’t tell them everything.

Angels must trust like Me like you must trust Me. Even in the glory, even in the splendor, they do not know everything and that can breed uncertainty and distrust. There are two things that create the fertile ground of both trust and unbelief.

1.   Contradictory evidence to the Words of the One who is asking for your trust.

2.   Silence on the part of the One who is asking for your trust.

Angels operate under the same “rules of trust” in their realm as you do in yours. In their realm there is also abundant contradictory evidence of My Word. They are opposed daily and many times they lose battles. They know in their hearts that final victory is Mine just as you do but that doesn’t mean that they are not assaulted with opposing evidence on one side and limited information from Me on the other.

In one sense its even more difficult for them because their battles are won or lost depending on your use of the authority that I have given you to arrange My affairs on earth; and we both know how weak you are in that area. Look at it from the angels’ point of view. I send them into battle to achieve a position and their victory or defeat hinges on you exercising your authority. If you don’t do your part they get clobbered. Talk about some serious contradictory evidence; my angels in a face-off with the hoards of the enemy and watching My Body, the ones holding the key to victory, twiddling their thumbs. It’s enough to make My most stalwart angels depressed. Some of them wonder if My Body will ever get its act together – you included.

So the next time (like today) you find yourself endeavoring to walk with Me, straining to hear Me, and grappling with obedience, remember this. The mechanics of My Good Kingdom are Trust and Obey and everyone must choose every day: Angels too.