Morning, October 3
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Hebrews 1:14
"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 forever 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.