Six lane highways are not for all

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Six Lane Highways Are Not for All

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way 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.” Matthew 7:14

Those who have not submitted themselves to the authority of the Gospel are not guided by the Truth but are tossed around by their own deceitful desires. They are faced with unlimited options as far as the direction of their life's journey is concerned. They are guided by too many dim and dull lights.

Everywhere there are mega offers and jackpots designed to entice the pleasure seeker. Their journey is wayward and aimless. They sway in all directions like drunkards. Their road is therefore wide, and its entrance is even wider. They will not reach any destination because they have none.

The road they traverse is illusory and deceptive. They are trapped and headed towards eternal nothingness. No passengers on this extra-wide highway care about each other. They are utterly selfish, always competing to get ahead of one another by hook or by crook.

Fear, anxiety, greed, jealousy and hopelessness linger in the air around them. Their souls are never at peace. The Bible says that many will choose this road—to their doom.

On the other hand, to the one who seeks truth, the Truth is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. The one who finds the Truth and decides to walk in the way of the Gospel is guided by a single point of reference: Jesus Christ Himself.

He is guided by the one and only Light—the Son of God.

The road he chooses is simple and single, with no deviations or detours. The pilgrims who choose to walk this path walk a straight road; they do not sway or wander. They do not need a wide road or a wider entrance. Jesus is all-sufficient for them.

No one is in a hurry. No one needs to overtake or overthrow another. All are assured of their destiny. All are content and happy because Jesus is all-sufficient. They seek to help one another and journey faithfully until the destination embraces them.

Their souls are at peace because they have found rest.

We often think that it is God who made the path narrow and the entrance small, making it difficult for anyone to walk in it. But the fact is that it is our personal choice that defines the kind of road we walk—a six-lane highway or the narrow road.

Those who traverse the narrow road find life.

Let us choose Life.

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