Two Gates

Scripture:

Matthew 7:13-14  "Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it".

Observation:

Jesus is speaking here and is telling us that there are two paths and two gates, one is wide and large and is traveled by many people.  The other is narrow and small and not many people find this one.  In other words, you can go the way everyone else is going in life or you can make the choice to be different than the rest of the crowd and live a life pleasing to Christ Jesus.  Real life is found by following the narrow road that is less traveled, but the one God wants us on.

Application:

As believers, we should not be on the same path as the rest of the world.  We should be on a path that others don't seem to understand because it is not the normal.  We should not be going with the flow of the rest of the world.  We should be on a different path, one not as many are going down.  It is easy to be like everyone else and live according to the patterns of this world, but God's true sons and daughters must travel a path that most won't understand, but in the end it will bring life.

Prayer:

Father, help me to walk on the narrow path that leads to life.  Help me not make my decisions based on the way most of the world thinks, but rather help me make the decisions You want for my life.  I want to be more influenced by You than by everyone around me who is striving to live for the temporal and not the eternal.

Yours,

Jeff