“And now, please let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. (Isaiah 5:5)
One of my favorite pastors once told me, “The Holy Spirit is a gentleman. He does not go where he is not wanted.” I wonder if this statement could be applied to what’s happening in our country today.
There is no doubt that God placed a hedge of protection around this country for many years, but I think it’s gone now. We have pushed him out of our schools, our county courthouses, and in some case, out of our churches. I fear what its loss may have in store for us, and what those of us who truly love him and very want his protection can do about it.
Isaiah was not the only prophet to whom God spoke about losing his hedge of protection. Asaph who put music to many of David’s psalms wrote about it in Psalm 80 when Israel lost God’s hedge of protecti...
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