Angels and us

One of the biblical principles that you and I find in the Bible is that angels exist.

While I believe in angels, and while I believe in their existence and ministry in our lives - the whole subject can be mystifying.

Most of the time angels are invisible to us.  There are angels working behind the scenes in our lives - ministering to us but also ministering for us.

The reason why they (on the whole) remain invisible (in the natural) to us is that if they consistently took on human form (which they can do) people would tend to venerate them in a way that would border on worship.

Paul writes in Romans 1:2,425 that we are to worship the creator and not His creation. 

In other words, angels are not to be worshipped.

We do not pray to angels.  We do pray to God that He would release His angels to minister for us and to provide, for example, protection for our loved ones.

Almost every day, I not only "plead the blood of Jesus" (Job 1) over my kids and family, I ask that God would send His angels to watch over and protect them.

To exaggerate just a little, I believe that there are angels in heaven just waiting to be used by God.  "Oh, God, can I go help this one - can I minister to that one."

Let's also not confuse the ministry of angels with the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Angels are mightier than you and I, but they are not gods and they do not possess the attributes of the Godhead.

They are messengers of God who serve we as followers of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:14).  The Holy Spirit is omnipresent, but no angel can be in more than one place at any given time.

But to explain it even further, on a broader scale, God uses angels to work out the destinies of men and nations.  He has altered the courses of the busy political and social arenas of our country and directed the destinies of men by angelic visitations many times over.

Please know that angels keep in close and vital contact with all that is happening here on earth - under the direction of God.

So, why not ask God the Father to provide angelic support over you and your family today?  Protection.  Watchfulness. 

Just a thought for a Thursday.