The Angels Are Watching Us

When my son was born, I took great comfort in something Jesus said:

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” –Matthew 18:10.

I love the fact that my year and a half old son and even my teenage stepson both have angels watching over them. It gives me reassurance that someone is always watching over them when I cannot.

The topic of guardian angels has always been with me even when I was a child, growing up Catholic. But something I found in Ephesians and 1 Peter gives me a new perspective on this.

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. –Ephesians 3:8-10.

I’ve glossed over this verse many times never really understanding what it is that Paul is saying. The last portion of these verses stood out today:

so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. –Ephesians 3:10 (emphasis mine).

The word “places” was added by the translators. It should read “in the heavenlies.” Either way, did you catch what Paul is saying? Paul is saying that through the church, God shows His wisdom to the angels. In other words, the angels learn of God’s wisdom by watching us!

Here is what Peter says:

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven–things into which angels long to look. –1 Peter 1:12 (emphasis mine).

Here, too, the angels are seeking to learn the things of God by watching us.

I don’t know about you, but it’s given me a whole new perspective and insight to the old adage “God is watching you.” Not only is God watching us, but so are His angels. Ought we not to ensure we are demonstrating righteous behavior to teach them of the glory of God?

By the way, something else that hit me anew: did you realize that angels are always male or masculine in the Bible? So often they are depicted as being female. Just an observation. I’m not sure what the significance is of that … if there is any.

May He Increase!