My brother Caleb had a tobiano black paint stallion named Rambo, whom he
loved. Caleb provided a fenced-in lot for Rambo with a plenty of food, water, and shade
from the heat. It also proved protection from things like poisonous plants and cars
driving down the road. He provided this safe haven for Rambo’s own good, because
he loved Rambo. One night around 3:30 A.M. our neighbor called and informed us
than Rambo was out of the pastier standing by the road. A place of danger away from
were we had intended him to be safe. You see Rambo’s heart wasn’t in the pastier, it’s
desires weren’t there. Sometimes in our lives we need “fences” (rules and guidelines
to live by) to remind us of sin and to protect us from it. In those fences God provides us
with all the necessary things in our walk with Him, because He loves us. But you see,
those fences can’t really hold us in. We have the power to walk through them, jump
them, or find a loophole. They only serve us as a reminder of were we should be with
God. If we first don’t place our hearts in the fence, then they are pointless. The heart
of the matter is the matter of the heart. We have to choose to see those fences as a
blessing not a legalistic confinement. Without them we would walk aimlessly into sin,
like a soldier going to battle without armor. Have you had placed fences placed in your
life? Is your heart in them?
