Angels in the Outfield

In the Disney movie, Angels in the Outfield, there is a 'memorable' scene where the coach holds a press conference in order to clear up any confusion about angels helping his team. At the conference, he is prepared to deny all the rumors about angels. Something ends up coming over him though and, instead, he ends up saying that he actually believes that angels have been helping his team. (If only this were the Cubbies!) Most kids likely don't question anything about this movie-probably because it seems like nothing more than a fantasy. It does bring up an interesting question though: do angels exist? And if so, what role do they play in our lives? As abstract of a topic as this is, we are going to tackle it this week at Cutting Edge. We'll be challenging the students with a story from Acts 12 where Peter is freed from prison by an angel sent by God. We'll be using this passage to teach the students that not only do angels exist, but they have God ordained roles in our lives. Not sure for yourself? Neither was Peter. For a while, he thought he was dreaming as the angel was rescuing him! Once his chains were removed, though, he quickly stopped doubting.

Check out Psalm 91:11- "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways..." Maybe the term 'guardian angel' isn't so cliche after all? We're shown in many places throughout scripture that angels do, in fact, exist. I think we are just skeptical though because we've made angels out to be recycled dead people floating around the world with butterfly wings, halos, and harps! The bible doesn't give us concrete evidence of any of those things! Instead, it does show us that angels are real, that God created them, and that he uses angels to protect His people-just like the angel that rescued Peter from Prison in Acts 12!