THE UTMOST POSTURE

children of God have the hedge of protection which is
All
by faithfulness to God. Job remained faithful to
maintained
in the face of adversity. His wife asked him to curse God
God
die but he refused. His friends accused him falsely but he
and
steadfast in his relationship to God declaring, “God may
was
me, but still I will trust in him Job 13:15a” and “Till I die I
kill
are eternal benefits of being faithful to God. Moses
There
faithfulness to God when he walked away from the
chose
of Egypt to bring deliverance to his people (Acts 7:22-
palace
Joshua chose faithfulness over loyalty to his people when
24).
declared "as for me and my house we will serve the Lord"
he
24:14-15). Esther was faithful to God and loyal in her
(Joshua
to Mordecai and took a step that placed her in
relationship
of death (Esther 4:13-17) when she could have enjoyed
danger
trappings of the palace. John the Baptist was faithful to
the
when seeing Jesus Christ declared "I must decrease and
God
must increase" (John 3:30) when the leaders insisted that
He
was the Christ
he
must resolve to be faithful to God with our decisions. This
We
the Holy Envelope Developed by God against Evil
maintains
(HEDGE) and generates blessings that last
Destruction
generations, for example John the Baptist pointing
throughout
Christ the Savior to humankind. Remain blessed as you
out
your HEDGE. Amen.
protect
hedge is simply a fence which demarcates a territory and for
A
stranger to enter he or she must seek permission. In the above
any
the Lord asked Satan, “Have you considered My servant
scripture
that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and
Job,
man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” Satan’s reply is
upright
Do I not know you have formed a hedge around him
fascinating,
his household? How did Satan know there was a - Holy
and
Developed by God against Evil Destruction - around
Envelope
Satan had visited believing he had power to enter but he was
Job?
by the hedge.
resisted
will not put away my integrity from me” Job 27:5b