Hedge of protection for loved ones

The minister at a church I attended announced to the congregation one Sunday that his oldest son, now 30-years old, had a drug addiction. Everyone had seen the two other younger sons from time to time but didn’t know a third son existed. Both younger sons were serving in the Iraqi war at the time. 

The son’s drug problem had been a source of heartache for the entire family. For years the wayward son seldom called home and his whereabouts were unknown. Not knowing his condition or what he was doing, the family resorted to their only alternative: prayer that God would intercede in the life of their son and brother.

The next week I saw the minister walking down the street and drove over to the curb to speak with him. I expressed my deep concern about his son and told him of a biblical principal that might rescue his son from the clutches of drugs. It is a principal that another minister conveyed to me years ago. 

Just as there are constant physical laws such as the law of gravity, there also are untapped spiritual laws that will produce predictable results. This spiritual law involves building a hedge of protection around a loved one who needs providential protection. The ground rules require that you pray every day that God will build a wall of protection so high, so thick, and so impenetrable that evil cannot get to your loved one. 

It may take 6-months or it may take a year or longer, but I am told this spiritual law always works. Every day you pray, another brick is added to the wall’s foundation. After months of prayer, the wall becomes higher, thicker, and stronger. The minister thought it was such a good idea that he decided to preach on the concept at an upcoming sermon. When he did preach the sermon, he suggested to the congregation that they should pray for concrete blocks and not bricks to construct the wall faster.

The basis for this spiritual law is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 2. The prophet had a wife name Gomer.  She was flirting with adultery, and Hosea was very perplexed as to what he could do. Hosea decided to pray that the Lord would build a hedge around Gomer so that evil could not get to her and her evil suitors could no longer tempt her.

Without God’s intervention, drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes can have an unbreakable hold on individuals. Also, parents are at wits end in knowing how to deal with children who have left the nest and are living in sin. 

A friend lamented that his daughter was living out of wedlock with other men and constantly getting into trouble. I suggested he pray the prayer of Hosea. Six months later he told me the prayer was producing results as his daughter was beginning to straighten up her life. Praying daily for a hedge of protection is worth trying.