Angels All Around Me

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Psalm 103:20

There is much in the news these days about demons and devil worship. Movies like The Exorcist attracted wide interest years ago and packed movie theaters. Today we read of cults that engage in animal and, in some instances, human sacrifice.

Until recently there was far less attention paid to angels, perhaps because so much of the media seems preoccupied with the evil forces in the spirit world and not the good. But if you are a believer in Christ, expect powerful angels to accompany you in your life experiences. You will not always be able to sense their presence. You will not be aware that you did not turn down a certain road, preferring another, because an angel so directed you away from trouble.

The Bible teaches that angels speak and that they appear and reappear. You may have never seen one, but there is much that you have not seen that still exists. You may never have been to the North Pole, either, but it is there.

Often we fail to sense the spiritual forces around us because we operate for the most part on our physical senses, the senses of sight, touch, and taste. Get tuned in to the spiritual realm through God’s Word and through regular prayer and sense the angels and the work of God’s Holy Spirit in your life. It is like tuning in on a radio. The signals are already in the air, but you have to turn the dial to bring them in.

Our Father and our God, give me spiritual insight to sense the presence of angels around me. Open my heart that I may be fully aware. I believe they are all around me, Father. Help me overcome my unbelief by following the example of Jesus, who trusted You in every circumstance of life. In Him. Amen.

Billy Graham, Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010).