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Which direction are you headed? Have you ever sat down and ‘mapped out’ your life course? You know, you take a few minutes and do a brief assessment of the choices you have made and the places you wound up as a result?
After all, you know that every decision limits your future. When we choose to go one way, we cannot go a number of other ways (unless we clone ourselves, and even then it is not really us making that other trip). And when we look at where we are, and the decisions that got us there, we often see a pattern … our life pattern.
This is what Jesus speaks of in the context of our eternal destiny and our earthly choices …
“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 (NKJ)
We become like Jesus when …
o We carefully, thoughtfully and deliberately make choices that honor our confession of faith in Jesus Christ!
Note that Jesus tells us that in all of our choices, there are only two directions; and each direction has its visible traits.
The broad way …
- It has a wide gate
- The way is easy to travel
- There are many traveling companions
- However, the end of this road is destruction
The difficult way …
- It has a narrow gate
- The way is difficult to travel
- There are few traveling companions
- But, the end of this road is life
Can I encourage you to sit down and ‘map out’ your life today? Where have you come to and how has the journey been? The visible traits listed above may be of great assistance as you determine which direction you are headed.
© 2008 By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
