Be Kind: The Mystery of the Angelic Figure in the Cloud

Last night I saw a pink hue in the sky and as I looked up, it appeared to be an Angelic figure in the cloud. It immediately lifted my spirit as God was showing me as Jesus told the disciples, 

“Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:53 Six thousand times twelve of the warriors of the Lord of Hosts would be flanking Jesus immediately … Peter had thought he needed to pull out his sword to defend Jesus from the Roman soldiers. His impetuous pride kicked in because he had not yet experienced the Holy Spirit controlling his actions. 

That same Peter in his first Epistle writes “Be kind and hospitable to one another without complaining. Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God. If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Here Peter has changed from being led by the fleshly reaction of fighting to encouraging speaking only the words of God and serving only in His strength. He had been saved by grace and filled with the Holy Spirit. He realized we all need to be kind and “Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬, ‭12‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Reacting in fear is a daily struggle for all of us when we don’t look up to see how vast is the Kingdom of God in which we as believers live. Peter reminds us that the Kingdom of God is love because simply, its King is love. God is love. ““God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

We love with the Words and the strength of the One who first loved us and covered our sins. 

Today , Lord, May we keep “our eyes on things above “ (Col.3:3) and know that You are God and You are love. Amen👆👆❤️❤️❤️,