July 8

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

AN ANGEL ENCAMPMENT

   "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and
   delivereth them." Ps. 34:7

   We cannot see the angels, but it is enough that they can see us. There
   is one great Angel of the Covenant, whom not having seen we love, and
   His eye is always upon us both day and night. He has a host of holy
   ones under Him, and He causes these to be watchers over His saints and
   to guard them from all ill. If devils do us mischief, shining ones do
   us service. Note that the Lord of angels does not come and go, and pay
   us transient visits, but He and His armies encamp around us. The
   headquarters of the army of salvation are where those live whose trust
   is in the living God. This camp surrounds the faithful, so that they
   cannot be attacked from any quarter unless the adversary can break
   through the entrenchments of the Lord of angels. We have a fixed
   protection, a permanent watch. Sentineled by the messengers of God, we
   shall not be surprised by sudden assaults, nor swallowed up by
   overwhelming forces. Deliverance is promised in this verse --
   deliverance by the great Captain of our salvation, and that deliverance
   we shall obtain again and again until our warfare is accomplished and
   we exchange the field of conflict for the home of rest.