Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

The saying functions as a brief pastoral exhortation in Billy Graham’s characteristic evangelistic style: it addresses “believers” directly, urges an upward gaze (a biblical idiom for hope and expectancy), and counters fear with courage. The second sentence draws on Christian teaching about angels as God’s ministering spirits, suggesting that divine help is not remote but close at hand, even when unseen. Its force lies less in doctrinal precision than in reassurance—reframing anxiety and discouragement as moments to remember God’s nearness and protection, and to persist in faith with renewed confidence.