Going the Wrong Way…

This morning I stepped outside my job trailer to check the temperature, a brisk 37 degrees Fahrenheit, looked up in the sky, and noticed a flock of Canadian Geese flying north. Off to the side of the flock was a single frantic goose wildly flapping and squawking unusually loud.

The flock continued to fly north, but after many attempts to alert them, the single goose, turned around and began flying south, by itself, with more of a mournful honk. I went back inside my trailer, but couldn’t shake that episode from my mind. It was then I realized, here is a spiritual picture.

We as believers are “in the world” but we are not to be “of the world”. The masses in this world are headed in the wrong direction, in their sin, headed for Hell, and a Godless eternity, and it is our vocation to alert and warn them of what fate awaits them if they continue in their direction. But we must be careful to warn and not follow them. We can be the witness to them, but there are places and situations we need to avoid, that could cause us to stumble. Paul warns us: “Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.” (1 Corinthians 10:12 KJV)

The Word instructs us to follow “The Narrow Way”

[13] “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. [14] Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”  Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV)

Have a Blessed Day