Our whole back yard is fenced with a gate on the side of the garage. We often leave our dogs outside when were out and about. Well, one of the dogs has decided that she's some kind of escape artist. It seems no matter what we do to block things off she finds a way to move things around or dig around them so that she can be outside the fence. She has no idea that the fence is there for her protection. I finally took the time today to do the project of pouring a cement slab underneath the gate so that she can no longer find a way to dig herself out.
This reminds me of the hedge God has around us for our protection (Job 1:10). Sometimes we're just not happy being hedged in and we do anything we can to get outside of that protective wall. All the while, we don't realize that God has put it there to protect us from what's outside. Without fail, when we do break out from His protection we end up getting hurt or hurting someone else. I pray God would help me to be content staying within His protective hedge that He has put around me.
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