I've sure enjoyed getting to know Robert Henderson and his ministry. He also spoke at our Elijah List conference a couple years ago.
His revelation and teaching about the courtroom of Heaven has impacted many people, and we've heard testimonies of people receiving breakthrough from his teachings.
In his recent article, you're going to receive in-depth wisdom of how to restrain the devil from your life. There are times we feel the intense warfare of the enemy and we need wisdom like this when we're right in the middle of a battle.
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A Hedge of Protection
The power and authority that flows from the court of Heaven is supreme! This means we can stand before His court and see verdicts rendered that alter life on the planet. That which would threaten us is revoked and removed, because God sets a restraint and protective order in place. This actually happened in the days of Job. It is said in Job 1:8-10 that God had set a hedge about Job.
"Then the Lord said to satan, 'Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?'
"So satan answered the Lord and said, 'Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.'"
The word hedge is the Hebrew word suwk. It means to shut in for protection or restraint. Satan was complaining that Job only served God because of how blessed he was. This blessing was because there was a restraining and protective order in the spirit realm that would not allow satan to touch him. (Photo via Unsplash)
When we walk before the Lord from the courts of Heaven, God will set a hedge or restraining and protective order in place. This will prohibit the attacks of the devil and will allow only the blessing of God in our lives.
The Bible actually tells us what had allowed this restraining order to be in place. It tells us what Job had done that allowed God to order this. Job 1:8 shows God's opinion of Job that would have caused the Lord to set this restraining order in place for him.
"Then the Lord said to satan, 'Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?'"
1. God's Bond-Slave
There are at least six qualities that God speaks of concerning Job that allowed the court of Heaven to set up restraining/protective order over him. The first is God calls Job His servant. This means a bond-servant. In other words, Job had entered into being God's bond-slave.
Exodus 21:5-6 shows us the idea of one who had to serve another for six years because of his debt. At the end of the six years as he entered the seventh he could go free. He could, however, at this point make a choice to stay and remain a servant in his master's house. If he chose this, he would forever be the servant of this man. He is now no longer a servant but a bond-slave.
"But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever." (Photo via Unsplash)
This is a picture of what happens to us. We begin serving Jesus because of His power to forgive and deliver us from a debt we could never pay. However, in the process of serving Him, we fall into love with Him and His house. The result is we do not want to go free. Our hearts have now been taken captive by His love and life. We desire to be His bond-slave. We are then marked with a pierced ear. This speaks of our ears being opened to hear. The mark of a bond-slave is an ear to hear and a heart to obey expressly. We now belong to another.
This is who Job was. He, being a bond-slave of the Lord, had allowed God to set a restraining order around him and all his family. The result was a life that was untouchable by the devil until satan built a case that caused God to remove it. The good news is...(continue reading)
