'HEDGED IN by GOD'

Reckon it nothing but joy…whenever you find yourself hedged in by the various trials…James 1:2 Weymouth

Job 3:23 Job speaks of being hedged in by God.
Hedge means restriction or hindrance to our movement.
It is important how we view it.

Do we feel confined by God?
Do we feel disciplined?
De we view it as a protection from something or constraint/confinement
Do we try to break out of it?
Do we resist?
Do we complain or grumble?

Our view can determine our outcome.
There is value in a hedge

Satan recognized the hedge God had placed around Job.
Job 1:10 ‘..have you not made a hedge around him….’ Satan could only touch what God allowed him to.

We live on a farm and I received a call last week that a calf was loose about a mile from here. The owner had released the calf to the authorities and they asked us if we wanted it and to come get it. After a space of time my grandson came in house huffing and puffing. He was excited that he and his dad had just led him down the road and placed him in our cattle body. They fed him hay, grain, water and made him comfortable.

He was now safe, confined to a specific place where he was being taken care of and would find nourishment and no harm could come to him. He may not realize it is the best place for him at the moment. He was now protected from predators, dangers, and even from himself.

Do you ever feel hedged in by God? In a confined area not to your liking. Do you kick, holler and complain? It has been my experience I have no control over the times God hedges me in and when I am done complaining, questioning etc and come to peace within myself then God can work to let me out. The new owner knew what it would take to help him regain his loss and make him healthy to join with the other animals. Six days later he was placed with the other cows.

Are you confined and hedged in by God in circumstances that you cannot change. Trust the one you belong to He will bring release and bring you into a large place you know not of. That calf did not know what awaited him as he had never been here before. Little did he realize he would join a herd of cattle in the days ahead in an abundant large pasture.

Job 23:10 nkjv
10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

14 For He performs (completes KJV) what is appointed for me. And many such things are with Him.

Allow the hedge to do its work!!