The Good and Evil Watchers
Do you ever have the feeling that you are being watched? You are. The eyes of the universe are upon you. Jacob’s ladder is a vivid picture of the multitude of angels all around. Daniel had a dream in which he saw “watchers and holy ones.” (Daniel 4: 13-18)
“And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” (Genesis 28:10-12)
The vilest of the evil ones, Satan, is preoccupied with our thoughts. He sifts through our behavior to find our weaknesses. The Apostle Peter warned us: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." (I Peter 5:8)
The angels of heaven rejoice when we repent. They are more ready than a 9-1-1 operator for God’s call to assist us.
There is a constant battle on our behalf between them and the evil demons of the air. The good ultimately will win. What a joy it is to know that we are guarded! What a sobering thought to think that we are observed in our meanest actions!How we suddenly find ourselves struggling to break our swearing habits! How dull the lewd entertainments become! We don’t want to offend the heavenly watchers and the holy ones. We don’t want to give the evil watchers a toehold on our beings.
As amazing as this realization may be, it pales by comparison to the recognition that the God of all the Universe is seeing us. We need to pray that God, the Spirit dwelling in us, will make our emotions, our actions, and our thoughts things of value to honor Him.
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