The Difficult Road

"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it" Matthew 7:13,14


    Have you ever had to make a hard decision? What did it feel like? Was it gut wrenching? Did it cause you to second guess your decision? We all have had to make a decision of course, and each one felt like the hardest thing ever until we reach another thats harder. Our decisions include where to go to college, what to study, what career I want to go into. Then relationships come around and those present difficult decisions. Should we go out? Do his\her parents like me? Is he\she the one, should we marry? Harder and harder the decisions can become. We want to make sure what we do is correct. Most importantly does the decision line up with what God wants.


   The scripture taken from Matthew talks about a road, that road is our lives. Its full of decisions. While traveling down that road, God lays out His standards. We have to decide if we are going to follow or not. Thats only part of it. THEN we have follow through with the decision 100%. I stated in a previous blog that God doesn't like lukewarm Christians, Rev 3:16 says "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." So we have to follow what scripture says. (Let me add that I am not legalistic, only by the Blood of Jesus are we saved. There is no work we can do that will get us in or keep us in Heaven.) Thats where things get difficult.


    Verse 14 says "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it" When the Lord shows you something in scripture and you grasp it, you have no alternative but to follow it. If you do not, the Holy Spirit will convict you HARD! This is something I am learning more and more daily. It makes decisions harder. You have to decide if you are going to listen to this music, watch that movie, hang out with these people. The list goes on and on. I am seeing fully now what it means by "there will be few who find it". People don't want to make the tough decisions because it might hurt feelings, might lose a friend, might cause others to think you are so different that you are cast out of a group. Let me tell you, if you have come to the conclusion that God said and meant it, you have nothing to fret over, those who reject what God has shown are the ones who have answers to give. 


Its a Difficult road, the life of a true Christian. When you begin seeing how you are to live your life, the decisions get harder. Just know that God is there, Jesus at His right hand, ready to hear your prayers. I had to make a tough decision just yesterday, but it was one that had to be made. I'll be glad to share it if asked. I want others to see what we need to be doing as followers of Christ. We are playing too much, time is getting short. We need to get busy on the narrow road. 

They are Searching

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matt. 7:24-27




   The above passage is pretty much self-explanatory. For the believers, who have built their life's foundation on the Holy, Unchanging, promises of God, and follow Him, their lives will stand STRONG. For those non-believers, who have built their lives on the world that is constantly changing and constantly wicked, their lives will CRUMBLE. God says this world will not last forever, but Heaven will be forever. Thats not the point of this blog.


   I like to watch Worship videos and other Christian videos on YOUTUBE and I become more intrigued at what I see in the comments section. There are Christians typing praises to God for helping them, how the theme of the video touched their lives, or how they enjoy the gifts God has given a particular artist. You would think a Christian video would be fully of Christianity. But there is another group that post on there. The non-believers, who are looking to stir the pot. Get Christians to argue so they can confuse those who are not solid in their faith. When I read the above passage, I thought about how these non-believers fit into it. 


  The non-believers are searching for something. They see Christians and how we live so securely, yet because they have built their lives on the world, they can't understand it. So, as humans do, they put pride in the way and attack those who are prosperous. You see all the time people who are successful how quickly the less successful people begin to try and find fault in them, to make them feel better. We Christians are prosperous, we have inherited the kingdom of God. We have it all! The non-believers do not. So what do the non-believers want to do, they start finding the faults, to find that happy place for themselves. Sadly for them, as the above passage says, unless they build their lives upon the foundation of Christ, their lives will be forever crumbling, because the world will continue to change and rot away.


  We as Christians need to continue to be strong in the foundation of Christ, those who are becoming believers need to see the strength of God's foundation. The more these non-believers see it, the more they will come to believe. We know not all will accept Christ, but we must believe that they will. Never know who you might see come to Christ!


Don't know if this rambling makes sense, but it does to me. Maybe it was meant for me!