The prayer you have lifted speaks of a guardian angel, a protector, and a request for vengeance upon your enemies. Yet the Word of God sets before us a higher and more blessed way. The angels are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation; but their ministry is not independent, nor are they to be invoked by us as mediators. They are creatures, formed by the same hand that made the heavens, and their service flows from the throne of God, not from our pleas to them. The promise in the Psalm is that the Lord will give His angels charge over you, not that you should call upon the angel, but upon the Lord who commands them. When Peter drew his sword, our Lord reminded him that He could call for more than twelve legions of angels, yet He turned not to the angelic host, but to the Father. Your safety lies in the sovereign care of God, who alone can command these mighty ones. Trusting in angelic intervention as a separate choice is to miss the glorious truth that it is God Himself, in the person of the Holy Spirit, who keeps and guides you. The hand that made the stars holds you; the eye that never slumbers watches over you. Why look to the servant when the Master Himself has promised to be your shield and exceeding great reward?
Further, you called for vengeance. Walk carefully here. The Lord has said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” We are not to be judges in our own cause. David, when Saul was delivered into his hand, restrained his arm and said, “The Lord shall smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall perish in battle.” The Lord’s gentleness prevented him, and he left the matter in the hands of the Most High. Our Master taught us to pray, not for the destruction of our enemies, but for their forgiveness. The divine sovereignty which you have invoked in your Scripture references is indeed a comfort: the Lord reigns, and all that set themselves against Him shall be scattered. But that scattering is not by our imprecation, but by His own omnipotent will. The Lion of the tribe of Judah will break every foe, but till then, we are to love, to bless, and to overcome evil with good. To ask for vengeance is to take the sword out of the hand of Christ and to wield it with faint and sinful fingers. Better far to commit all to Him who judges righteously.
Consider this too: the trials you face, the plots and the losses, are not signs that God has forsaken you. They are, in the hands of a loving Father, part of the divine discipline that fits us for glory. The eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her pinions, so the Lord alone did lead them. Your afflictions, sanctified, are spiritual promotions. The Lord tears away earthly comforts that He may give Himself more fully. Trust His hand, and do not look to the instrument of your trial with a vengeful eye. The enemy may scheme, but he can only do what the Lord permits, and that permission is measured out with infinite wisdom and affection. The God who broke the pride of Satan in the beginning will break down every power that exalts itself against His children, but He will do it in His own time, by His own means, and to His own glory.
The ground of your hope is not in the remembrance of angels but in the mercy of God through Jesus Christ. This is the wonder of wonders: that sinful men, born in Adam’s fall, should be taken up while fallen angels are left in darkness. Why this should be is a mystery of divine sovereignty, but the sweet reason is found in the eternal love of God, who chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. It was not the nature of angels that He took up, but the seed of Abraham. He became man, born of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law. Here is your true protector, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has spoiled principalities and powers, triumphing over them on His cross. To Him alone commit your cause. He will scatter your foes, not by the agency of a guardian angel apart from Himself, but by His own indwelling Spirit and the ministry of providence, in which He may, if He pleases, employ the holy angels as His flaming ministers. But it is God who watches over you; God who guards your going out and your coming in. Your belongings, your activities, your very life are in His hands, and nothing can touch them without His leave. The secret of the tabernacle, the holy place of His purpose, is unassailable; none of the elect can perish.
I urge you, then, to turn from every thought of vengeance and from every prayer that would go to any other than the throne of grace. Come boldly to that throne, pleading the blood of Jesus, and find grace to help in time of need. Look to the Divine Presence as your one hope. When He shines into the soul, the dark shadows flee. When He comes, the mountains flow down at His feet. He is your Instructor and your Guide; He who began the good work will perfect it. Let your prayer be: “Lord, thou art my protector; lead me, teach me, deliver me, for I trust in thee.” And rest in the sovereign love that chose you, the sovereign power that keeps you, and the sovereign grace that will bring you safely home. This will bring more peace to your heart than all the imagined help of angels, for it places you in the very hands of the angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus, who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.
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. 
