Thoughts for another day

Jan. 3, 2014.

Today's verse: Matt. 7:14. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Our walk in the faith this year should provide many opportunities to first seek the path we’re to walk on and then fashion our walk to what’s our goal in life.  Many of us would want to do many things, both for personal gain and also in showing our gratitude to God.  I believe many will move closer toward God this year, more than we ever did before.  But while we do that, there’ll be many choices before us and one basic choice that will present other choices will be, ‘what path do I choose to have a closer walk with my God?’ 

Our Scripture today, clearly tells us the choice we must make:  Walk the narrow path - the essential message of our Lord to each one of us as we make this year a great celebration to His Name.  What does this mean?  It means, to discard convenience as our baggage in our ways with God.  First: the time we spend with God, if we’ve been rising early, sitting, praying to Him, then we must maintain this habit.  Next, if we’ve been spending good time with Him, we must continue doing that.  Then, if we’ve been working to spread the Gospel, then we work even more and put more effort in it. 

If the life we’ve been living is leading us to be comfortable and do a little for God, then we need to move out of that comfort zone.  We need to be disturbed that the world doesn’t know the Gospel of Christ and how much we, personally are responsible for it.  Our agenda for living must include as the base, the spread of His Kingdom and our personal goal of being righteous in His sight.  In whatever we do it is necessary that personal gain and comfort are far from our minds and in all this God will be there with us, looking over us, blessing and comforting us.