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0:00 In this video, I'll start with a question. What if the biggest threat to your business isn't [music] the economy or your competition, but actually something that you left open, like a gap, a door. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 10:8, "He who breaks a hedge, a serpent will bite him." And this is an overlooked verse in scripture. [music] It's a very relevant principle though for anyone building a business because this is a spiritual enterprise. The serpent doesn't kick the door in. He comes and he finds [music] the breach. He finds the unguarded access point. He looks for the [music] place where there
0:46 isn't any structure in business. Maybe it's an area [music] lacking accountability or somewhere where there's no clear boundary, and he walks right through [music] it, slithers right in. And today, I want to talk to you about three structures that function as a hedge around your enterprise. In a lot of my coaching, I find a lot of business owners, they are going at the pace of prophetic vision. Well, the pace of prophetic vision outpaces the wisdom of structure, usually. Probably always. But when we close the gap and apply these structures and put these in place, then your business not only runs better,
1:32 it's protected. And I want to give you three of them. Here's the first one. The first one is an operator. So, the operator is your hedge in this respect. Every kingdom business needs a gatekeeper like that. And so, in the book of Job, in uh chapter 1 and verse 10, you've got Satan speaking to God about Job. And if you listen to what the enemy says, you'll read in your Bible, it says, "Have you not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side?" Check it out, Job 1:10. And now, catch this. The enemy couldn't touch Job, not
2:18 because because Job was, you know, had armor on, and he was just self-reliant, and everything was good. Uh And it it wasn't even because Job had no enemies, but because there was a covering over his life structure. God himself was the architect of Job's hedge. There was something there protecting him, something that that created that that fence, that guardrail, that that closed any gaps. And if you fast-forward in scripture, you go go into the book of Nehemiah, chapter 7. Nehemiah finishes building the wall, or or rebuilding it, because it was broken down, and it's a great huge restoration project. And [snorts] the first thing he does after the wall is complete, he appoints
3:04 gatekeepers. Right? So, look at the look at the architecture of strategists and wise master builders. He put those gatekeepers in there. They're not just thrown in there to make celebrations. It's an establishment of who's responsible to hold the gates. And so, that is the function of your operator. That's the person who is in place to create the establishment and blueprints of your business. They're not someone that just manages tasks. They hold the perimeter of your enterprise. They are the person that maintains systems. And so, if you're building a business, I'm going to charge you with the task of doing a deep dive on what is a capable operator. Who
3:51 is this person that can run the systems and enforce accountability rhythms? Who is this person where they can make sure that what you've built as a visionary doesn't drift or leak and doesn't get compromised by the chaos that comes when no one is guarding the gate cuz you built something, but you're not going to stand and just watch the gate. You're the visionary, you're going to keep moving. And if that's who you are, if you are a visionary, and you're trying to operate as well, you probably started your business that way, but now as things develop, you're realizing hold on, I'm becoming a bottleneck. The very the very genius that started the business is now actually a limiting
4:37 factor. And so you actually become the breach in this sense of the hedge. And that's because a visionary who is trying to hold the operations cannot see the wall and build the vision at the same time. You need a gatekeeper. You need an operator, and that is arguably your first hedge once you build the business. I'm going to give you a second and third thing. Second thing is is this idea of the scorecard. So, you've heard this before, and it is a kingdom principle, what you don't measure, you cannot protect. If you're not measuring, it's not important to you. So, in Habakkuk chapter 2 and verse 2, God gives the prophet a
5:22 super practical command here in scripture. And the command in Habakkuk 2:2 is write the vision, make it plain on tablets that the one who reads it may run. So, you can dream the vision, and you can pray the vision, but your company will not respect your dreams or your prayers. And money does not respect prayer, either. So, you need scripture. You need to obey this and write it down on tablets, make it measurable, make it clear that someone who picks it up can run with it. And and I know you've got all the excuses in the world. Well, I did it sometime or it's in a book somewhere. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm
6:08 talking about this is a prophetic command for you. And I want you if you go back in scripture to look in 2 Kings chapter 4, the passage we go back to regularly here in Goshen is you've got the widow and the oil and Elisha tells her bring vessels. Bring as many as you can find. He says not a few, bring many. And the oil flows and flows and flows until all the vessels are used up and then it stops. And so the miracle was not limited by the anointing. The miracle was limited by the container. Hey, really quick, if this is resonating with you, I want to tell you about something I've put together. It's called the Order of Kings. It's a 6-month program for six or seven-figure Christian business leaders who know that God has more for them, more favor, more
6:56 peace, more kingdom impact, but the way that they're currently building is blocking it. We help you rebuild the foundation, your faith, your family, your finance so that the favor has somewhere to land and your business becomes what God actually designed it to be. So, this is high-touch. It's by application only and it's not for everyone. But if what I just said made something stir inside of you, go ahead, click the link below and apply for a conversation. It's just a real conversation about where you are and where God's taking you. And so you create something that is a container for your business and a essential way you do this is with a scorecard. A scorecard is is a is Habakkuk 2:2. It
7:43 is inscribing the vision on tablets. And I'm using the term scorecard because it's a set of weekly numbers that are they are leading indicators and key metrics that tell you in real time whether your business is healthy or bleeding. And it will be both at different times. So, there's no shame in this, but you need to know. You need to have the revenue per week, the leads in the pipeline, team deliverables. It's not just a sales function. Hey, we made 10 sales. Great. No, it's even a customer service function. It's an operational function. It's a did we have units get damaged in transit function. It's a did we get a press release out for the business function. It's a how many leads got
8:29 generated function. It is so there's there's leading indicators and there's lag indicators as well. And client satisfaction can it even be a scorecard on there. Whatever your business requires, it goes on the Habakkuk tablets with detail so the one who reads it may run. Now, if you're in a soccer game, a football game, you're not going to run if you don't know the score. Where are we? Are we winning? Are we losing? Is it 5-0? What it what is it? You need a scorecard. And here's why this is a hedge because the scorecard tells you where the gap is, where the breach is before the serpent gets through. And most business owners, they you know, they find out something is wrong when the cash runs out, right? That's the wrong time to find out something's wrong. When the client leaves.
9:15 And you could have had data. When the team member's been disengaged or things go unnoticed. And a scorecard gives you this early warning. It's like your watchtower on the wall. You got to build it because what has no measurement has no defense. And what has no defense in on the basis of the scripture gets bitten. That's that. So finally a third area of you building the hedge is clear objectives are going to provide your boundary lines. These are my objectives. I'm not doing that. I'm doing this. So, you read in scripture, "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places." And it's personal. It this it carries weight with it. And you you've got this this Psalm 16:6,
10:02 where David writes, "The lines have fallen It Book of Acts says the boundaries of our habitation have been established." But David says, "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. I have a good inheritance." And so, the the word lines there refers to boundary lines. All of scripture is so filled with the entrepreneurship principles. It's the lines of the surveyor's cord. It's a marker that says, "Here is my assignment. This is my stewardship. This is the territory I'm responsible for." And David called those lines pleasant because they they clearly defined the territory that you have that produces your inheritance. And so, what's the
10:49 principle I'm drawing from it? Well, as just as you meditate on scripture, it's going into the circumstances of your life, and you can appreciate and see that this clarity is what produces fruit. Then, if you go with [snorts] me to Proverbs 29:18, "Where there's no vision, the people perish." And most people quote that verse in in a motivational context, which is great, but the deeper truth is that vague objectives are like exposed territory. When your team doesn't know exactly what success looks like this quarter, this month, when roles are undefined when they don't know what their priorities are, and people can't answer that question, "What does winning look like?" then you've left the gate open. The and the enemy will exploit the ambiguity. I know this. I'm a daydreamer. I'm a book reader. I'm a
11:36 walker on the beach guy. The enemy exploits ambiguity. He He doesn't even need a crisis to enter in. He just needs confusion. He needs a bit of unresolved tension. Um your lack or or undefined objectives and expectations. And when things are so vague that no one even you knows if we've won, you've left the gate open. So, my charge to you is be a student of structure. Get clear objectives. Get quarterly rocks, annual goals. You can shift and adjust them as God leads, but put them down. Habakkuk, inscribe it. Put it on tablets. And that's sound
12:23 kingdom practice for business. They are the surveyor's cord. And And they are They are placed around your assignment. Here is the pleasant places. And then you tell every member of your team You let them know this is the territory. This is what we're building. This is what winning looks like. And when everyone knows the objective, you've got a hedge and it holds. And when they do not, the serpent finds the gap. So, I'm going to leave you with this summary. I want I want I just want to bring it all the way back to where we started a few moments ago, which is Ecclesiastes 10:8. He who breaks a hedge, a serpent will bite him. And here's where I want to summarize this is that the serpent is not your biggest problem. There will always be a serpent. The biggest problem is the open gap.
13:09 That's your problem. So, structure, please, prophetic people, visionary people, structure is not the enemy of anointing. Chaos is the enemy of anointing. And the most spiritual thing you may be able to do for your business today is while you're praying harder, yes, but is to appoint a general manager, appoint an operator, is to build a scorecard and define your objectives with precision. And you should know that prayer without that kind of precision is very sincere prayer, but it's prayer without a plan. And a plan without prayer is also problematic. That's like ambition without covering. So, you definitely need both. And you need the hedge to be built so
13:57 that you're you're you're bring the kingdom down. Your kingdom come to Earth as it is in heaven. You're pulling that blueprint down. And the hedge gets built when prayer meets precision here on the Earth. So, I'll challenge you as I close is is where in your business is the gate unmanned? And where are the places where usually God reveals one main thing? Cuz he's such a good instructor, but this may help you. Where are you flying blind? Like making decisions without a scorecard, without a number that tells you the truth. So, that's your homework. Look at what objective that you may have left vague that your team is working hard towards,
14:42 but not necessarily building towards anything specific. Those are breaches. We all deal with them. Nobody is immune to this challenge. And this is the day for you to start repairing them because when the hedge is strong, the serpent loses access. God bless you.
