The Narrow Way

June 26

(Luke 13:22-24 NIV) “Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. {23} Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them, {24} "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.”

(Matthew 7:13-14 NIV) “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. {14} But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

In American football, the way to score by kicking is to get the ball through the uprights. Kick the ball through the uprights and you score. Kick the ball wide left or wide right, and you get no points. If you don’t get the ball through that narrow opening you do not score. Nobody seems to have a problem with that rule. But when Christ lays down essentially the same rule regarding eternal life, many cry foul, and question both the rule and the Rule Maker. Jesus said there was only one way to win with God and that was the narrow way. Many don’t like this idea, but that’s what Jesus said. And if Jesus is Lord, He has the final say. God so loved the world that He gave us His Son. Jesus is the narrow road to God -- the only way to God. Will you take that road, or will you waste your life complaining about the goalposts? -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day