The Narrow Gate

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate...” Luke 13:24

Recently, a well known NGO that gives sponsors opportunities to put children through school and better their communities, found out that someone used their name to collect donations in a popular coffee shop chain. They provided posters and coordinated with the coffee shop without the permission or knowledge of the NGO. 

Amazingly, natural disasters bring out not only the best in people, but also the worst. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the FBI estimated that there were about 4,000, imagine 4,000! websites created to collect donations, not for the victims, but for scammers! It is so sad that people have a tendency to use their talents, their brain, their time and resources, all gifts from God, to take advantage of the misfortune of others. Instead of striving to enter the narrow gate, they go the opposite way, harming their souls, their hearts and their very lives. 

Do we strive to enter the narrow gate? We may not be a scammer, a deceiver, a liar or thief, but how does God see our hearts? Will He see that we are moving slowly and steadily towards Him? Does He see us praying every day, asking His forgiveness and grace, reading the Bible so we can know more and more how to follow Him? 

If we love Him, He will help us, and all things will work together for our good (Romans 8:28).