Anyone who has had anything to do with livestock knows what an invisible fence is. It’s an electrical network that delivers a shock to anything that passes through it. Sometimes animals can become so accustomed to it that they will not cross it even when the current is turned off.
Law enforcement knows all about invisible fences. They call them ankle bracelets. While it doesn’t give one a shock, it does notify the police when someone goes where they shouldn’t go. Some ankle bracelets can tell them when someone who is supposed to be alcoholic-free takes a drink. They say it is very effective.
Parents use a kind of invisible fence as they raise their children. They tell them what is right to do and what is wrong to do. The idea being, that when they are confronted with a choice, they will choose to do what is right, by remembering what their parents taught them. Most of the time, it is an effective fence.
God also has an invisible fence. His fence is the Holy Spirit. God sent His Spirit to earth to dwell in the earth and within men who have received Jesus as their Savior. His main purpose, according to John 16:7-15, is to bring conviction of sin, convincing of righteousness and of future judgment yet to come. He also clarifies God’s Word and glorifies God as He acts in the Fathers Name.
As you are confronted with this fence remember God tells us we must not grieve nor quench His Spirit.
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