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reaction if God removed my hedge. I have a hedge around me, and it is
a glorious hedge. If He took away His gifts, I wonder if I would trust Him
for nothing. If He never did anything for me, would I still trust Him?
Would you?
Now, let me just illustrate it through the spiritual gifts and then through
the natural. What if God took away the sense of His presence from your
life. So that you never felt that He was near. What if God took away the
blessed revelations that thrill our souls from His Word? I love to study
and teach the Bible more than anything else on earth. I don’t know how I
would survive. This illustration I suppose is foolish because it can never
be, but if God were to deny me heaven. That is, He said, “Ed Miller, you
cannot go to heaven, but instead I will let you choose some experience on
the earth and I will let you have that experience forever”. What would you
choose if God denied you heaven?
I thought about that. At first, I thought I would choose the times when I
am teaching. I love to teach. Going on conferences and all that is a real
blessing, but I would not want that forever. That is not what I would
choose. And I would not choose soul winning. I have had the privilege to
pull in the net and see people get saved, but I would not choose that
forever. And I would not choose fellowship with believers, as wonderful
as that is. And I would not even choose the social occasions I have had
with my dear family. I love my family, but if I had to choose one thing
forever, do you know what it would be? It would be the times that I have
spent studying this Bible and having revelations of God. That is the best
time in my life – when I am studying and God shows His face. If He
were to hide His face from me, I do not know what I would do. That is the
best thing in this life that I have ever experienced.

What if God never answered another prayer of yours? Would you keep on
praying? What if God never showed you one evidence that He has ever
used you or will use you in life? You never had a chance to witness to
anybody. No one was ever touched by your life. No one was ever touched
by your testimony. You never had any fruit at all that you could see! What
if you never had any peace in your heart, ever, from now on until you die?
Would you still trust in the Lord? That is what Satan was accusing Job of
saying.
The only reason that Job served God is because he has everything
provided for him. He has peace. God has given him promises.
Everything is going right. He has a family. He has health. He has riches.
He has abundance. Everything is good. Would you serve Him for
nothing?

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