Guardian Angels

Devotionals for Kids

“For he orders his angels to protect you wherever you go.” Psalm 91: verse 11 [The Living Bible]

I have a picture of an angel in our spare bedroom where our grandchildren sleep when they come to visit. The artist depicts the angel with gold colored long hair and a long floppy white shining dress. Huge white shimmering wings loom up behind his shoulders. They remind me of eagle wings. The angel’s eyes are focused on two young children, a boy and girl, as he escorts them across a rickety bridge. The dilapidated bridge resembles a wooden sidewalk suspended in air. A board is missing just behind the children and a broken pole at its side is all there is for a railing.

Every time I look at this picture I fear for the safety of the children. Just one misstep and they would fall. Then my eyes rest on the huge all encompassing angel and I feel the children are safe

The Bible says God sends “His angels to protect you wherever you go.” Psalm 91: verse 11 [The Living Bible]

We are never to worship angels or to pray to them. They are God’s ministers to help us. We pray to God and He directs His angels to do whatever He wants them to do to help us. God wants us to worship only Him. Matthew 4:10 says to worship and serve only the Lord our God.

Memory verse for this week:
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1: verse 9 [NKJV]

Going deeper for parents:

It’s great for us to appreciate angels but there are many misconceptions about these heavenly creatures. In our awe of them we have conjured up faulty theories. Where we know barely anything about them we have filled in the gaps with our earthly imagination.

People do not become angels when they die. Not even good people. Not even Christians. Angels were created by God as angels to worship Him and to be His messengers. The Bible doesn’t say exactly when He made the angels but it seems it was before He created the world. In Job 38:4 and 7 the Bible tells us that the angels witnessed the creation of the world.

Lucifer, the head of the angels, led a rebellion against God, and was thrown out of heaven with a third of the angels who sided with him. Lucifer became Satan and the angels cast out with him became demons. Isaiah 14: 12-17 refers to this time.

So people do not become angels after they die but the Bible says that after Christians enter heaven we become even greater than the angels. You see, God will give us and not the angels the right to rule over His creation. We even get to judge the angels. I believe that refers to the fallen angels. You can read about this in Hebrews 2:5 to verse 8 and 1 Corinthians 6:2 and verse 3.

We venerate angels and we should. It is no small event if God sends His angel to speak to us or to give us aid. But, we are not to worship them. God used an angel to show John the apostle what would happen in the future. John was about fall down and worship the angel. Quickly the angel told him not to but to worship only God. You can read about this in Revelation 22:9. God wants us to worship only Him. Matthew 4:10 says to worship and serve only the Lord our God

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