The Narrow Gate

There was once a  traveler standing before two roads.

One road was wide, smooth, and filled with laughter. The crowd on it was endless, music, lights, pleasures that promised everything and asked for nothing. The traveler’s friends called out, “This way! Everyone’s going here!”

The other road was narrow, rocky, and lonely. The gate at its entrance was small, so small that the traveler couldn’t pass through carrying his luggage. He had to leave things behind, his pride, his sin, his comfort, his excuses.

He hesitated.

Then he saw a sign written in faded letters:

“For 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.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

The truth hit him hard, the easy way is crowded, but it’s a trap.

That’s the story of our world today.

Many choose the broad road. The one that says, “Do what makes you happy.” “It’s just sin, everyone’s doing it.” “God understands.”

But that road, no matter how bright it looks, always leads to destruction.

The narrow gate isn’t popular because it costs something. It means letting go of sin. It means forgiveness when you’d rather fight. It means purity in a world that celebrates corruption. It means carrying a cross when everyone else is chasing crowns.

But here’s the suspense, the narrow gate doesn’t just lead somewhere. It leads home.

It leads to peace that money can’t buy.

It leads to joy that doesn’t fade.

It leads to eternal life.

And there’s more, Jesus didn’t just talk about the narrow gate; He is the Gate.

He said, “I am the door; whoever enters through Me will be saved.” (John 10:9)

So, friend, which road are you on?

The one that’s easy now but ends in sorrow?

Or the one that’s hard now but ends in glory?

Heaven isn’t for the perfect, it’s for those who choose the narrow way. The way of repentance. The way of surrender. The way of Jesus.

If you’ve been walking the broad road, you can turn around today. The Gate is still open, and the Savior still calls:

“Enter through the narrow gate.”

Because that’s where life, real life, begins.