Mike Parsons
One thing to be aware of is that we can make judgments for angels, not negative judgments but positive ones, in thanking them and being aware of the things they do. We can give thanks for their help and for the things they show us. We are not worshipping angels by thanking them for the job they have done, or when they help us out, or when they show us something. It is simply having an attitude of thanksgiving that respects and honours them for what they are doing in our lives. That attitude builds the relationship.
They are not slaves. They are not there as slaves to do everything we demand. They are there to serve us in our heirship, in our co-heirship with Christ. That is the outworking of their role. They are not there to do our every whim, although they do help in many different ways. The important thing is that we maintain the right attitude towards them.
There are different orders of angels. There are individual angels with individual names, and then there are the orders to which they belong, which is a corporate name. For example, what I understand about guardian angels is that they tend to be the same angels with us consistently. When I engaged with the four angels of transformation, however, they were part of an order of angels, and they would be different ones at different times when I travelled.
In ministry settings we had four angels connected with the ministry who were always the same when we gathered. Angels clearly have function and purpose. They operate within positions that are part of the role they fulfil.
People sometimes ask whether angels get tired or weary. I do not think so, because they are spiritual beings and they do not function in the same way we do as human beings who need food and drink and rest. I do not think they get worn out or tired, although sometimes they might get worn out with us when we are off doing crazy things. But generally they are spiritual beings who carry out the purposes they have been given.
I have engaged, for example, with what I would call the court of chancellors, where there are chancellor angels present. They are not always the same angels each time. Perhaps some are engaged elsewhere in other responsibilities. I do not imagine they are having a tea break, but there may be times when they go and focus on worshipping the Father. That may be their break from us, if you like, to re-engage the Father and enjoy that connection with Him.
Because of that, there may be angels who rotate through different assignments within their purposes rather than doing the same thing continually. They may have a variety of responsibilities. As the saying goes, a change is as good as a rest. Although they are not likely to get bored in the presence of God, they do have personality and they do interact.
We should not treat angels as if they are almost inanimate. They are created beings with a personality and a purpose. When we respect and honour that, we will probably learn more about how they operate and what they do. We can always ask them. Whether they choose to tell us or not is another matter, but what they will never do is draw attention to themselves. They always want to point us towards God.
I discovered this through my own experiences engaging the heavenly realms. My throne in heaven on a mountain was symbolic of my position of government. When I engaged that realm I would focus on sitting on the throne and carrying out what I needed to do from that position, making declarations, legislation and decrees.
Later, when I began helping other people engage with their own thrones, I became aware of something I had never noticed before. As I approached my throne I saw an angel standing behind it. I had never noticed that angel previously. I asked, “Who are you?” and he told me his name. Then I asked, “What do you do?” and he replied, “I help you to rule here.”
I then asked how long he had been there. He said, “All the time. While you were not here, I was here.” When I heard that I realised that there had been many occasions when I had been sitting there not really knowing what I was doing, while there was an angel present who could have helped me. I simply was not aware of him because my attention was focused elsewhere.
Once I became aware of him, I began to interact with him. He never drew attention to himself, and he never seemed annoyed that I had ignored him for so long. After all, I did not even know he was there. When I did engage with him he was very friendly and very active in helping me.
From that point on I would sometimes communicate with him when I was unsure about what I should do from that position of government or how to outwork my identity there. I might ask questions, and I discovered that many things in the heavenly realms were present the whole time even though I had not noticed them before. Sometimes I did not see something the first time, or the second time, or even the third time I engaged that realm, simply because my attention was focused elsewhere.
This angel had been assigned to me as my heavenly angel. Jesus spoke about angels who are in heaven in that sense, and through that experience I learned to engage with him more intentionally. In those early days I often did not really know what I was doing, but the angel knew far more than I did. Over time I realised that this angel had been involved in many of the processes of change and transformation in my life.
In a sense, that angel was governing from that throne to ensure that eventually I would be seated there in a cognitive way. It was very helpful learning how to interact with the angelic realm and recognising how they assist us in outworking our identity and purpose.
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