Day 16

Never let good things become equal to God.

‘Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.’ (Colossians 2:18)

Angels have become popular in certain sections of our culture. You can find models of angels for sale in all kinds of trinket shops and specialty stores. People apparently buy an angel for their piano, their car, or their cupboards. The New Age movement has made a big thing of angelic activity. The Bible makes it clear that there is one mediator between God and man – it’s Christ Himself.

The worship of angels was one of the false doctrines being taught in the church at Colosse. We can be encouraged, and even comforted that angels are involved in life. The name angel means ‘messenger’, but they are carriers of messages not the origin of the message. The constant warnings against idolatry in Scripture, is the warning against elevating anything to a place it was never to be given. One thing we know angels say is this: ‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!’ (Revelation 5:11- 12). Let’s not elevate them, let’s join them!

Lord, keep my focus on You. You are the object of my worship.