Take the High Road
“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”. Words of Jesus, Matthew 7:13-14 NIV
I have been thinking lately about revival, and about what it really means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Although the bible is filled with examples of a life of devotion led by the Holy Spirit I can’t get away from these 2 simple verses in Matthew, enter in through the narrow gate. In life we have many choices some are of the utmost importance and life changing, while others are of little consequence. Some of the more important choices might be who to marry, what will be my personal value system, moral code or world view. The first and foremost decision in anyone’s life becomes obvious in the bible, do you believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God and Savior of the world? And will you obey him? If you can honestly answer yes to these 2 questions you have made the initial step through the narrow gate, but the journey doesn’t end there.
Many times throughout our lives we are faced with moral and ethical choices that bring us back to the narrow & wide gates and we again must choose the high road, the narrow gate that leads to life. We will not be moving the way of the crowd, and many times it will not be an easy choice. When we choose to follow Jesus it may be that our friends & family will not understand. Some have been ridiculed, cast out, and suffered dearly for their choice to be a true follower of Jesus Christ, or choose the high road.
So what’s the benefit so many see in this chosen life style that is so contrary to the ways of the world we live in? The answer is simple to the one who has heard the whisper of God in the depths of their heart. The narrow road, the high road, the right choice, leads to life, to forgiveness, it leads to the one who calls to us from heaven, “come home, child of my love, I except you, I forgive you, I will never leave or forsake you”. We stand with the great Apostle Peter and say, “Lord where else would we go? What other choice would we make? You have the words of eternal life, and we know that you are the Holy One of God. John 6:69 paraphrased.
Pastor Danny
