Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 6

“For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.”

Here we can see that the Psalmist through the leading of the Holy Spirit is disclosing another powerful guarantee given to us by the Lord. Before breaking down this particular passage of Scripture let’s take a look at some key verses that give us an idea of the role that angels play in the life of a believer.

Hebrews 1:13-14 details, “But to which of the angels has He ever said:

“Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool”? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” These passages give us some very important information regarding the part that angels play in the lives of Christians. The writer of Hebrews mentions the word “ministering spirits” the word spirit being used means: spirit higher than man and lower than God, an angel. The word ministering means: to serve or perform a work. So in other words an angel is a spirit that serves and performs work for Christians that are saved.

The Lord gives us another level of protection through the angels that are assigned to every one of us. If you think back on your life you can probably remember times when something horrible could have happened, but somehow and some way you were protected. A lot of times God’s angels are the ones that are protecting us from danger and we don’t even realize it. 

Now that we have more of an idea of the role that angels play in our lives let’s take a look at the verse of Scripture that I am highlighting, Psalm 91:11. The words “He shall give charge” being used here is the Hebrew word “ṣāvâ” which means: to command, charge, give orders. The words “His angels” being used is the Hebrew word “mal’āḵ” which means: angel, messenger of God.

The words “to keep you” being used is the Hebrew word “šāmar” which means: keep, preserve, and protect. The words “your ways” being used here is the Hebrew word “dereḵ” which means: course of life, actions, and undertaking. What we can determine by these key phrases is that the Lord is guaranteeing His children angelic protection. He is the One that will give them the command or orders to safeguard and preserve the course of our life, our actions, and our mission (purpose).

One thing to keep in mind is the fact that the Lord is assuring this powerful promise to those that are following the stipulations attached to it. Those requirements are found in Psalm 91:1 and include: dwelling in the secret place and abiding under the shadow of the Almighty. The Lord wants to build an intimate relationship with every single one of us which is going to require dedicated time put aside just for Him!

We want to be as connected to the Lord as possible so much so that we literally become a part of His shadow. There are so many incredible promises that the Lord gives us in Psalm 91 but He is requiring our obedience to His Word. You cannot expect God’s full security when you say that you are a Christian but everything about you says otherwise. If you have open doors to the enemy, you are giving him the legal right to come into your life and wreak havoc. God will not go against His Word and He is very clear that the wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23.

If you haven’t read the first articles that I have written breaking down Psalm 91, please take the time to do so:  Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 1, Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 2, and Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 3, and Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 4, Psalm 91-God’s Protective Prayer-Part 5.

Now let’s take a look at a continuation of the Lord’s promise pertaining to His angelic protection.