Job: The Hedged in Affect

The Hedged in Affect

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in (Job 3:23)

I have been meditating and praying to God for revelation and true to his nature, when you seek him, you find him.  I am beginning to realize why he led me here.  When the storm goes on for long periods or when they appear to continuously hit us, we sometimes feel like Job, hedged in.  There is no hiding place although there is light we cannot find a way out.  We feel cornered in and it appears that everyone else is moving on, yet, we are stuck. 

Unfortunately, some of our lives are filled with trouble.  Sorry, I don’t’ have the answer for why? As I mentioned earlier, I did ask God about Job? It was heavy on my heart, and the reason I couldn’t get past the first chapter.  Again, it has a lot to do with where I am in this present battle with medical negligence.  So as I meditated and asked God, why?  His reply was to trust what I know about him and what he has shared with me.

What I know about God is that whenever he places me in a position, like the one I am in, he brings me out.  Because he knows me as well as he does, he leaves me markers.  So when he replied rely on what I know about him, I remembered the markers in my life.  He does that for us.  He leaves markers so when we are discouraged we know that he is with us, even when he is quiet.  Sometimes the most difficult part of the struggle is when we do not hear from him for long periods. 

When Robyn was declared brain-dead, God placed markers for me to reflect on because he knew I would question myself and him.  So when I questioned whether or not I was just crazy, or if he had really spoken to me, he reminded me of the specific things he led me to do.  Things that were simple, but I would not have done without his direction.  For this reason, as foolish as I know I may have sound, when I was told that Robyn was brain-dead, my reply was God gave me life for Robyn, and that I expected him to show up on her behalf. Well, I also expect him to move in this medical negligence battle.

While we may sometimes feel hedged in, as we know in Jobs case, God had already worked it out.  We have to trust and believe that as children of God, as we suffer with him, we win with him.  When the enemy is a billion dollar industry, filled with corrupt politics, deceptive medical practices and an unjust justice department, it appears that we are surrounded by evil and that there is no way out, but remember God always provides a way out. 

In spiritual battles, the goal is to destroy.  For the believer, Satan’s objective is to torment us to the point that we turn away from God.  God is our hope.  Take away our hope and we are lost.  In chapter two, we see that Satan is not satisfied, so he asks God for permission to strike Job again.  This time, not only does he attack Job’s flesh, but his wife too.  While Job is suffering from the soars to his body, his wife encourages him to curse God and die.  Certainly, Satan had moved in on her lack of faith and used it in an attempt to undermine Job’s faith. 

At this point, Job asks, shall we accept good from God and not trouble?  We are then told that in all this, Job did not sin in what he said (2:10).  My belief because of my own situation, is Job was starting to ask questions within.  Why me? Why my children? Yet, he refuses to speak it.  The heaviness of the devastation is working on his spirit and he is in a fierce battle to hold his ground. During battle, Satan often uses those closest to us to strengthen his position.  He comes from every direction, hence the hedged in feeling. 

The more I consider Job’s situation and what I know about the Lord, I know that Job had been prepared for battle long before Satan approached.  God does not send us into battle without proper preparation.  For him to place us into specific battles, he gives specific preparation.  So every day that we are in the trenches, and we watch while others walk away, yet, we rise to the challenge even when we would rather retreat, it is because God has placed something within us that cause us to stand. 

While I do not know how God is going to respond to medical negligence, I am trusting that God has already worked it out.  The fact that Robyn is alive after all that transpired is a testament to his awesomeness and his ability to turn things around when we least expect him to. 

My battle is medical negligence.  Someone else maybe battling another issue, but whatever it is trust that God has already worked it out.  You may feel hedged in by the enemy, but know that the blood of Jesus covers you and because of this victory is inevitable.