Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road
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."
More insight from Hocking Hills. There were a couple of very narrow place
where the footing was a bit slippery and exact. Now, some of us don't like
closed in places and wanted to go the longer way around. Isn't that how we are
sometimes. The enemy whispers - 'you'll fall and hurt yourself', 'you'll get
stuck and won't be able to get out' - lies that fill us with fear and not
faith. Our flesh tells us 'Let's take the hard way and do it ourselves (protect
ourselves) so that we don't get hurt'. When instead, Jesus offers us an easier
way and asks us to trust him and those he has put around us to help pick us up
when we fall - and be near us when we are afraid.
This doesn't mean that we follow everyone we meet, talk to or listen to
them - but when Jesus is involved, those of us who KNOW Him (ginosco - gr. - to
know in the very depths of ourselves) have a relationship with Him, talking to
Him, listening to Him, following Him - even into the tight places that scare
us... and He gives us the capacity to discern those we can trust who also KNOW
Him.
Let's rest in the arms of Jesus when He calls us to the tough places in our
lives. He KNOWS us and we can trust Him every day in every way. We can trust
the Lord in the people He has put around us.
Fear Not - Jesus says that over and over - trusting in His love for us
banishes fear. Let's learn to rest in that.
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