Narrow

On the first day of the expo, Alex shared with us a devotional based on 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."

As soon as he was done reading the Scripture to us, he explained why he thought of this verse. The night before, he looked out the window of the hotel where we stayed in and saw scores of people walking on the big sidewalk and bumper-to-bumper cars on the road. The city lit up as if the sun is out! There are hundreds of thousands to millions to billions of people on that highway. Those who do not know the Lord our God.

Small... How true this is! Only "few" find the small gate.

Narrow... No one wants it. Only a miniscule tread this path.

The gate; the path leads us to Jesus. It's the only small way toward something much bigger than Las Vegas alone! The "WIDE WAY", to those in the world, those without Christ, those whom may be "lukewarm", is much more comfortable. They won't be picked on. They blend in with those doing evil. They prefer the majority (not classified as minorities). It's much easier to live. But this lasts a short time!

If you want to live your life the "Easy Way", you'll have a difficult time after the end. That's why Jesus taught us in the Scripture, the small, narrow way will be tough! But in the end will be something you will never regret with the decision to live the narrow way.

Think "narrow".