I would like to look at how the way is narrow for those who choose to follow the Lord!
My verse that I would like to look at is Deuteronomy 5:32.
"So be careful to do what the Lord has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
When we look at our lives, & the God we serve, there really IS only one way to go. Jesus sad to us the "I AM THE WAY....." He also talks about the way to eternal life is a narrow road, as well as the road that is wide will lead to destruction! With our Lord there IS only one way-HIS WAY!
All through the first 5 books of the OT, we keep seeing the phrases like "I am the the Lord your God. Beside me there is no other." It talks about God being a jealous God. We see a God who demands that we follow him & Him alone!
Does this seem to be a very demanding God, my brothers & sisters? Do we sometimes see Him as being an unfair & uncaring God?
Yes, God DOES have a right to be what we would perceive as demanding. Yes, God IS a jealous God, as we perceive it. Yes, God DOES seem to us to be a narrow-minded God, as we perceive it.
But we must remember one simple fact here-everything that has ever existed ONLY exists because of God! Genesis 1:1-"iN THE BEGINNING, GOD......"
We wouldn't even BE here, if it wasn't for God! By what right, do we have to complain that we feel that HE is too demanding, or that He is narrow-minded?
There is a verse in Scripture, (& shame on me for not having my concordance with me, so I can't give you the reference!), that says the God's way's are not our ways! God is as far above us as we are above the amoeba! Can we ever totally understand God, & more importantly-do we have the right to judge God?
No, my brothers & sisters: we don't have the right to question, or judge God! When we are plagued by a sin that just won't go away, no matter how hard we pray, when we are physically sick, & no matter how hard we have prayed, we never seem to be getting better, we DO NOT have the right to judge God! All throughout the OT, we see time & time again, what happened to Israel when they questioned God! This God of ancient Israel, is the same God that we serve today! God never changes!
Yet, despite all that happens to us, despite all that we go through, God is still God! There IS only one way that we can go, if we truly claim to be His followers!
"DO NOT TURN ASIDE TO THE RIGHT, OR THE LEFT." God's way for all of us is a straight way. I remember one truth in the world today-"THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE!"
Our straight line goes right to the cross! The cross. Two straight lines-the horizontal extending out to encompass the entire world, & the vertical, extending from earth to heaven. The cross. A symbol that God has given to each of us to remind us that the ONLY way to be truly content, is to look to the cross-not to look or turn to the right or left, but to look to the straight path-the straight direction that shows us the ONLY path by which we must be saved!
God commands us, even as He commanded the ancient Jews, to follow the straight path that he has set before us-the path to the cross that our beloved Savior died on, so that we WOULD know the way, for HE IS THE WAY!
My verse that I would like to look at is Deuteronomy 5:32.
"So be careful to do what the Lord has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
When we look at our lives, & the God we serve, there really IS only one way to go. Jesus sad to us the "I AM THE WAY....." He also talks about the way to eternal life is a narrow road, as well as the road that is wide will lead to destruction! With our Lord there IS only one way-HIS WAY!
All through the first 5 books of the OT, we keep seeing the phrases like "I am the the Lord your God. Beside me there is no other." It talks about God being a jealous God. We see a God who demands that we follow him & Him alone!
Does this seem to be a very demanding God, my brothers & sisters? Do we sometimes see Him as being an unfair & uncaring God?
Yes, God DOES have a right to be what we would perceive as demanding. Yes, God IS a jealous God, as we perceive it. Yes, God DOES seem to us to be a narrow-minded God, as we perceive it.
But we must remember one simple fact here-everything that has ever existed ONLY exists because of God! Genesis 1:1-"iN THE BEGINNING, GOD......"
We wouldn't even BE here, if it wasn't for God! By what right, do we have to complain that we feel that HE is too demanding, or that He is narrow-minded?
There is a verse in Scripture, (& shame on me for not having my concordance with me, so I can't give you the reference!), that says the God's way's are not our ways! God is as far above us as we are above the amoeba! Can we ever totally understand God, & more importantly-do we have the right to judge God?
No, my brothers & sisters: we don't have the right to question, or judge God! When we are plagued by a sin that just won't go away, no matter how hard we pray, when we are physically sick, & no matter how hard we have prayed, we never seem to be getting better, we DO NOT have the right to judge God! All throughout the OT, we see time & time again, what happened to Israel when they questioned God! This God of ancient Israel, is the same God that we serve today! God never changes!
Yet, despite all that happens to us, despite all that we go through, God is still God! There IS only one way that we can go, if we truly claim to be His followers!
"DO NOT TURN ASIDE TO THE RIGHT, OR THE LEFT." God's way for all of us is a straight way. I remember one truth in the world today-"THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE!"
Our straight line goes right to the cross! The cross. Two straight lines-the horizontal extending out to encompass the entire world, & the vertical, extending from earth to heaven. The cross. A symbol that God has given to each of us to remind us that the ONLY way to be truly content, is to look to the cross-not to look or turn to the right or left, but to look to the straight path-the straight direction that shows us the ONLY path by which we must be saved!
God commands us, even as He commanded the ancient Jews, to follow the straight path that he has set before us-the path to the cross that our beloved Savior died on, so that we WOULD know the way, for HE IS THE WAY!

and everything belongs to Him. Thanks, Hedi