Day 13 A-Z Word Challenge

 Good morning folks!! I pray you are having a great day in Jesus.  Today is day 13 in my writing challenge and the word for the day is “narrow”  The scripture for the day is:  “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to distraction, and many of those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it Matthew 7:13-14

What this says to me in my life is that life is not always easy nor is our walk in Christ.  We cannot always take the easy route or the broad way.  We must take the narrow way.  It is going to be sweet times as well as hard times. In other words there is a sweetness even in difficult times if we walk in the Holy Spirit.

Somewhere down the line we got the notion that the Christian life is like walking in a rose garden.  Everything is sweet and wonderful then when there is a crisis we crumble and fall to the ground. Jesus will be there for us in HIs mercy ne grace but we have to make some effort to get up in Him

At times, we don't take the time to recognize the thorns on the roses. Are we so naive that when we pick up the rose that we don't actually think a thorn will be it stick our hand and make it bleed??  The reality of the fact is that Jesus Christ of Nazareth gave up his very life to give us eternal life with the Father in Heaven.

For the anointed one took the crown or thorns instead of the garland of roses. Just for you and for me. He went the narrow way. For us who are believers we must die daily to the flesh!! A daily dying enables us to walk in the spirit realm with Christ Jesus

You see we make a choice every morning which street or way we will walk down. We actually do not desire to walk in way of the flesh…That will reap destruction.  The way of Jesus is to carry our crosses-weaknesses and all and carry them to the cross of Christ Jesus.  For He is the way we need to follow in his very foot steps.  

I would rather live for him than die in my sins. For yes all have sinned and fallen from the glory of his grace.  For in Jesus we will find the narrow gate. Jesus is that gate and he has the key to it. Follow him today and don't be found in the carnal way. He paid a great price for us so that we can have abundant life. Only in Jesus will we receive a greater inheritance.  No it have nothing to do with worldly riches but everything that is Jesus is ours as well.

Thank you Jesus for spilling your life blood for us. Help us to enter in through the narrow gate this day and every day in you.  Let us come boldly into your very presence and worship you. Give us wisdom to use the things that you have truly given to us in your most holy name we humbly pray. Amen.