Life's Questions and Puzzles

Good Morning,

Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)
Jesus said, "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.

Often we wonder why more people don't come to understand God's plan of salvation and exactly who Jesus it. I think today's verse explains it very clearly.

People in general will tend to look for that wide gate and the broad road because they are easy to navigate. When they see a small gate and narrow road that might be more difficult to get through and walk on, well, it's just too much trouble and effort. It occurs to me...and has been my experience in over 60 years on the planet...that people, for the most part, are, well, for lack of a better term...lazy.

Effort requires work and work is something that is reserved for the necessity of earning a living or putting food on the table. So, anything ELSE that has effort and work as something that's needed, well, folks are just not interested.

That brings us to why people will take a road that will lead to their ultimate destruction instead of one that will lead to eternal life. It's as simple as understanding, as we've already pointed out, laziness and just not wanting to put for effort for just about anything...even something that will mean an eternity in paradise with the Lord. Today...this moment we live in...is ALL that most people know or even want to know. They just want it easy for today and, they think, tomorrow will just have to take care of itself. So, people do exactly what Jesus told us: They take the wide gate and broad road because no effort or work is required of them.

You and I often need an answer to some of life's puzzles and wonders. Today we have an answer to something that many of us have had difficulty in truly understanding. Praise God that He has given us the Bible which gives us answers to so many of life's questions and puzzles.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David