The Gate — J Calaway — Make Today Count -- No Fences

“The wild heart answers to no fence and apologizes for no horizon.”

KEY TRUTHS

• God doesn’t build fences — people do. A fence is somebody’s opinion made out of wood and wire.

• Wild doesn’t mean reckless. The wild heart answers to no fence — but it answers to a Father.

• Your biggest dream is still smaller than God’s. He does immeasurably more than you can imagine.

LEADERSHIP REALITIES

• People watch where you graze. Fenced leaders build fenced teams, fenced families, fenced churches.

• A leader with a wild heart gives everyone around them permission to find the gate.

• You can please the fence-builders or serve the Horizon-Maker — you cannot do both.

PRESENT-TENSE CHALLENGES

• Whose voice built your fence? Whose hammer held the posts — and why are you still grazing inside it?

• Jeremiah tried to be tame — the fire shut up in his bones wouldn’t allow it. Neither will yours.

• Stop apologizing for a horizon you didn’t draw. God set that distance.

ACTION STEPS

• Name your fence out loud today — say who built it and when.

• Say the dream at full size — no shrinking, no “it’s probably crazy, but…” Once to God, once to a person.

• Take one unapologetic step past the fence line before you sleep tonight.

SCRIPTURES:  Isaiah 54:2 • Jeremiah 20:9 • Galatians 1:10 • Genesis 12:1 • Ephesians 3:20

You were never bred for the pasture. Find the gate — and make today count: better than yesterday, not near as good as tomorrow.