The narrow gate

Matthew 7:13-14

¹³ “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. ¹⁴ Because^a]">[a] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

At first glance the words "few who find it" haunt me. The implied thought here is that many will not find it and all are searching. How horrible to come to life's end, and never find the most important thing available to us; a loving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the gift of eternal life. But I have to ask, why do so many never find the narrow gate, and what makes it so difficult? I believe its difficult for the lost to find the narrow gate because it means removing whatever we value in life and replacing it with Jesus. Jesus repeatedly commanded us to put him first in our life, above family, above riches, above everything. I think about the rich young ruler(Matthew 19:16-30), that asked Jesus how can he have eternal life and Jesus went down the law with him. The ruler said he had kept those since childhood. Then Jesus told him to go sell all that he had and follow him. Jesus exposed what the ruler had placed as the lord of his life and it was his wealth. The ruler could not replace his wealth with Christ as the priority in his life so he left sorrowful.

Life is a journey of two paths. One path is popular and easy to find but leads to death. The other is difficult to travel and hard to find but leads to eternal life. I ask all who claim to have found the narrow path: Why do we not help others find the narrow path to eternal life if its difficult to find? Why would we continue to keep the narrow path a secret? Follow the great commission, tell others about Jesus, help them find the path to eternal life. Many may walk away sorrowful, refusing to follow but how much worse would it be if they never knew. This is the day, Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. We are NOT guaranteed another day, therefore don't let another moment pass without letting those around you know about the narrow path you have found.