You speak of calling upon your guardian angel and seek a scattering of foes, but I must press upon you the lessons of Psalm 91, which you yourself cite. The promise, “He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways,” belongs not to every path a man may choose, but to the ways of God’s own appointment. If your aim is moneymaking and personal aggrandizement, or if you walk in the way of error, how can you expect Divine protection? The angels are ministering spirits for those who walk in childlike trust in Providential guidance, who wait upon God to know what they shall do, and who dare not lean upon their own understanding. To such, angelic protection is guaranteed, perpetual, and personal, but in God’s appointed ways, not in a course of calling down vengeance upon others.
You plead for vengeance, but do you not hear the grating discord between that cry and the sweet music of acceptance? The day of vengeance of our God fell, once for all, upon the head of our Surety, the Lamb of God. When Jesus stood in Gethsemane, vengeance with its iron rod bruised the harmless Lamb. That dreadful night, all the waves and billows of Divine wrath went over His innocent head. So hear this and let your heart be at peace: the day of vengeance is past! It was accomplished eighteen hundred years ago and more. Now no more His wrath we dread; legal claims are fully met. Why, then, do you take up the sword of vengeance when Christ has sheathed it in His own bosom? If you bleed for sin and mourn because of it, cling to the cross, and leave your perceived enemies in the hands of Him who judges righteously. To call down destruction upon those who have plotted against your belongings is to forget that the low tree is exalted and the high tree cut down by Divine wisdom alone. He exalteth the low tree and abaseth the proud; leave your adversaries with God, who permits trial because He knows His grace is sufficient.
As for the angels, it is a good thing to know they are ministering spirits, but they are not yours to command as though they were guardian genii to be summoned at will. They study the mysteries of the Gospel with wonder, the Church is their schoolbook, wherein they learn the manifold wisdom of God. They flew at Christ’s birth, they strengthened Him in the garden, they rolled away the stone, and they once burst open prison doors for the Apostles. But when they did so, what was the charge? “Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.” Not, “Go and smite your enemies,” but “Go and preach the Gospel.” If you would have angelic companionship, devote your tongue to telling out the unsearchable riches of Christ. Personal religion demands personal service; you have been blood-bought and blood-washed, not by an angel, but by the Son of God Himself. Serve Him, then, with your own lips and life, and trust your protection to His wise administration.
If enemies rage, remember that he who never had an enemy never had a friend. The arch-enemy himself flies confounded when a saint, though in darkness, still trusts and obeys. Your duty is not to invoke vengeance but to obey in detail, not forgetting any point of duty. The honor of Divine grace in a Christian is steadfast faith under trial. So go forth, speak the words of this life promptly, adore the Divine Lord who is truly God and truly Man, and leave your fears and your foes with Him who has already destroyed the last enemy, Death itself. For a believer in Jesus, Death is a destroyed enemy, how much more, then, these passing troubles!
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
