Book 2.3
Do you fit better in the wide gate or the narrow one?
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it
Matt 7:13-14 (KJV)
I have spoken on this passage before so keep reading because I’ve got some new thoughts on it.
Here Jesus is basically saying that most of the people who have ever lived, were probably leading a life that wasn’t focused on God. I mean He didn’t say that many people will make it to the narrow gate; he said most people will go through the wide gate. A wide gate here could probably also be compared to a “path” filled with lots of people going the same direction. (Down) Is it easier to walk with the crowd or against it? Of course it’s much easier to walk like everyone else and not really get in the way of the flow of traffic.
Now, let’s say you are standing in a crowd of 1 million people who are all walking down a road and you decide to walk the opposite direction. Wouldn’t you get noticed? My point for thought today is this......If we never really go against the way other people are living, and never get noticed as a Christian: then are we really a Christian?
I get convicted of this all the time, I mean maybe I laughed at a joke that I shouldn’t have, or maybe I said something I shouldn’t, but I am blessed in the fact that God always let’s me know. That’s the great thing about being saved! Once you are saved you no longer have to wonder which direction to go because God will let you know. More times than not, you will encounter plenty of opposition. People who are headed for hell probably don’t want to know it, but it is our duty as Christians to at least tell them what Jesus has done for us.
Prayer.....
Father thank you for always letting me know when I am becoming too much like the world. Please allow me to never be afraid of telling someone about you and how you changed my life. Please always help me to be in the way of the flow of the world so that just maybe someone will run into me and I can tell them about you!
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