Choosing the Proper Gate

 

“Enter through the narrow gate.”

—Matthew 7:13a

Life consists of a series of choices. Every day, we make many, many choices. Looking back over our lives, we likely see numerous choices we wish we had made differently.

Knowing that we make choices continually, prompted our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to offer these words of instruction, as recorded in 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.”

Jesus knew that we would be tempted, time and again, to choose the easier pathway. It’s only natural to think that the broad road with the wide gate would make the best choice.

But the easiest way is not the best way. It takes concentration and effort to stay on the narrow path. It takes more than a little hard work to squeeze through the narrow gate.

Fortunately, we do not have to rely simply on our own effort. God has given us His blessed Holy Spirit to prompt us to stay on the narrow path and to squeeze through the narrow gate.

Today, as we launch out into the world around us, let’s determine to remain very sensitive to the Spirit’s leading. Let’s stay on the narrow pathway. Let’s push through the narrow gate. Let’s honor God and His great love for us through our conscious and willful obedience.

 

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