The Right Gate

Gated drives often draw our eyes to what lies beyond. Jesus said “Enter through the narrow gate ..." (Matthew 7:13a, AMP).  A narrow gate doesn't sound particularly easy to navigate; we're much more interested in easy and spacious. Jesus continued, "... for wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it." (V.13b). The call is clear: Believers are to chose the way less traveled in spite of how less-than-appealing it looks. “The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome.” (Oswald Chambers). The hard things of life test us, refine us, shape us into a Christ-Family-likeness. Some of the most Godly people I know obediently chose the narrow gate and suffered great hardship; although battered and bruised, their eternal investment is a rare and precious treasure. Gates are all around us - most are wide, popular and busy. Wisely consider ... the right gate.