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Which Way?, January 2
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:13, 14
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Before you are two ways—the broad road of self-indulgence and the
narrow path of self-sacrifice. Into the broad road you can take selfishness,
pride, love of the world; but those who walk in the narrow way must lay
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset. Which road
have you chosen—the road which leads to everlasting death, or the road
which leads to glory and immortality?
There never was a more solemn time in the history of the world than
the time in which we are now living. Our eternal interests are at stake, and
we should arouse to the importance of making our calling and election
sure. We dare not risk our eternal interests on mere probabilities. We must
be in earnest. What we are, what we are doing, what is to be our course
of action in the future, are all questions of untold moment, and we cannot
afford to be listless, indifferent, unconcerned. It becomes each one of us
to inquire, “What is eternity to me?” Are our feet in the path that leads to
heaven, or in the broad road that leads to perdition? ...
Those who make a success of the Christian life will count all things
as loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. Only those who
are abiding in Christ can know what true life is. They realize the value
of true religion. They have brought their talents of influence and means
and ability to the altar of consecration, seeking only to know and do the
will of Him who has died to redeem them. They know that the path they
must travel is strait and narrow, and that they will have to meet many
obstacles and temptations, as they resist the enticements of the broader
road that leads to ruin; but they will discern the footsteps of Jesus, and
press onward toward the mark for the prize of the high calling in their
Lord and Saviour. They will choose the royal way that leads to heaven.
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