wLL 46 “The Angel Principle”

~ Erin Audio ☊

Last week we discussed no longer crawling around on our bellies, feeling broken down, shut down, rejected—believing instead that our Beloved died to give us the best of everything and to believe, as His bride—we deserve the best He wants to give us. This week I’d like to share why, as brides, we may find ourselves unable to see the top of our problems because they’re piled so incredibly high. Understanding why He lovingly allows problems and difficulties to stack up against you.

Recently I began to notice that instead of my life being the endless honeymoon I’d enjoyed for months and months, problems began to increase until I dropped them all one morning and gave them back to the Lord where they belonged. Repeatedly I began to say, “This isn’t my problem, it’s Yours Darling.” After the fourth or fifth time this happened, I asked Him what was going on. That’s when He reminded me of the Angel Principle that I want to share with you! 

Angel was a minister who was with RMI for several years. She left behind several wonderful changes we still enjoy, and it was she who pointed out this principle to me. It was right there, but I had never noticed it before. 

In 2006 I suggested Angel leave the ministry to focus on her family. Angel had been estranged from her family for many many years, when suddenly they began contacting her, reaching out to her for help. So I encouraged her to make her family her ministry and to continue to follow His lead, to be in the center of  God’s will for her life.

When we did meet up several months later, not only did I get to see Angel again, but I got to meet several members of her family. They were driving through Ozark and had stopped at a nearby restaurant for dinner. Angel called me and I drove right over getting there just in time for dessert. Since both of us were fasting, we went outside just to talk and I asked her how she was really doing. Angel said, “My life has been fantastic—incredible, in fact!” Angel was glowing and she was prettier than I had ever remembered.

Yet, instead of telling me all the “good things” that had been happening, she began by sharing a long list of problems and crises that led to her glow. She said, “My life is fantastic because I let go of everything—especially trying to solve all my family's problems. After you suggested I leave RMI, God turned my ex husband’s heart against me. One day he called and asked me to leave the house in a week that I had been living in since we got married. I had no idea where I would go, so as I packed, rather than simply trusting He had a plan, I began trying to figure out where I’d go. The next week my cousin attempted suicide and was in a coma. Several of my family called me asking what they should do.  The week after that my mom was diagnosed with… well, you get the picture. God began to pile so many problems on top of me, one on top of another that I was afraid they would soon topple over and bury me. That’s when I said to the Lord, ‘I surrender!’ After I surrendered it all, everyone and everything, and I vowed never again to ‘try’ to do anything or help anyone. Instantly I felt bathed in peace and I watched as my Beloved began to solve all my problems, without my help.”

Are you in a situation where you can’t see the top of your problems because they’re piled so incredibly high? It’s time to apply the Angel Principle. Give Him your problems, “This isn’t my problem, it’s Yours, Darling.” Then watch as one by one each and every difficulty begins to resolve itself—leaving you to “love on” the One who makes our faces glow—radiating His love for everyone to witness.

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