When God Hedges You In
57 You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words. 58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your Word. 59 I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies. 60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments. 61 The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts (Ps. 119:57-63)
If you are living in North America with even a few square yards of ground you call your property, I am pretty sure you are in the same battle I am in. I mean the battle against weeds, grubs, Dandelions, you name it. They come out at this time of year, ready to invade and possess your life (I mean lawn). 
Some of you can’t relate to what I am saying and others might think that I am taking it a bit too far. Well, I don’t know what you call it, but it frustrates me when I have cut my lawn, spend hours fighting weeds and other stuff, just to see my next door neighbour’s lawn absolutely filled with my enemy.
There was a time when I naively believed that the weeds would stay hedged into their own lawn and just stay there and coexist with my property without any problem. That, I quickly found out, does not work. They live to reproduce and spread themselves over the whole planet as quickly as they can without any regard for your efforts and time.
It’s so sad that many believers don’t realize that their inheritance in Christ is under attack everyday. Most of us don’t get the truth that we have an enemy who loves us to give up the battle for our inheritance and resign ourselves to his weeds of discouragement, fatigue, depression and hopelessness.
He would love you to let that negative thought just stay there and multiply across your mind until you are no longer walking in joy and peace, then your body begins to take on cancers, ulcers and a host of new diseases that I can’t even call.
But when David became king over Israel, the Bible says the land was at peace. After his enemies met him in his stronghold, they were never again able to rise up aginst him. He was a warrior who kept his inheritance and subdued his foes.
In your personal journey with the Lord, you must remember some divine truths that will help you not only win, but keep God’s hedge of protection around you.
- There is a season in your life when your enemy is most active (Ps. 138:7-8).
- The word of God is your most powerful weapon against your enemy (Ps. 119:97-104).
- The only hedge that keep your enemy out is God’s angelic host.
- If your closest companions have weeds in their lives, it’s just a matter of time before your life begins to feel the effects. (Prov. 27:17).
David’s passion for the Lord and his desire to meditate on God’s Word kept him strong and victorious all though his life. The same God who loves you, has a plan to hedge your life around with His love and protection.
My prayer for you in this season is for the Father’s grace to rest strongly on you, for His good, so that you may be able to overcome all your temptations and walk in the power of His might through Christ Jesus. Be blessed! – Apostle Anthony Nelson