Morning
Time: 2:19 AM PST
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who
shall be heirs of salvation?" --Hebrews 1:14
Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in
their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads
them to take a deep interest in the children of His love; they rejoice over the
return of the prodigal to his father's house below, and they welcome the advent
of the believer to the King's palace above. In olden times the sons of God were
favoured with their visible appearance, and at this day, although unseen by us,
heaven is still opened, and the angels of God ascend and descend upon the Son of
man, that they may visit the heirs of salvation. Seraphim still fly with live
coals from off the altar to touch the lips of men greatly beloved. If our eyes
could be opened, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire about the
servants of the Lord; for we have come to an innumerable company of angels, who
are all watchers and protectors of the seed-royal. Spenser's line is no poetic
fiction, where he sings--
"How oft do they with golden pinions cleave
The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant
Against foul fiends to aid us militant!"
To what dignity are the chosen elevated when the brilliant courtiers
of heaven become their willing servitors! Into what communion are we raised
since we have intercourse with spotless celestials! How well are we defended
since all the twenty- thousand chariots of God are armed for our deliverance! To
whom do we owe all this? Let the Lord Jesus Christ be for ever endeared to us,
for through Him we are made to sit in heavenly places far above principalities
and powers. He it is whose camp is round about them that fear Him; He is the
true Michael whose foot is upon the dragon. All hail, Jesus! thou Angel of
Jehovah's presence, to Thee this family offers its morning vows.
