Where are you entering?

These verses always make me do some thinking:



Matthew 7:13-14

13 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."



Look at the first sentence in these verses. Jesus tells us point blank...."Enter by the narrow gate." It can't be any more simple put than that. Jesus then goes on to tell us the way that leads to hell. The wide gate. In other words the gate that the majority are taking. Jesus tells us many are entering this gate. I am reading a book called "Weird" by Craig Groeschel. In this book it talks about how compared to the world Christians should be weird. That goes right along with these verses in Matthew. To stay on the narrow way we must be different or weird compared to the rest of the world because the ways of God are contrary to the ways of the world! Jesus then goes on to say that going into the narrow gate is hard! It is not easy to stay on the narrow path! We must always be focusing on the ways of God and obeying His Word and as you already know being faithful is very hard! That is why Jesus tells us there are few who find it! Think about that for a moment!



So this morning take some time to think about what gate you are going through...is it the wide or the narrow?



Tom