...easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle ...
Matthew 19:24
Commentaries tell us that the camel had to unload it’s baggage before it could go through this smaller gate built into the larger commercial gate. Just like the camel, as we move forward, we must lay aside every weight that “so easily” slows us down. We all carry mindsets allowing us to excuse, or validate, certain choices that are actually weights, as we run the race set before us.
Jesus told his disciples that they had to become like little children to enter the Kingdom. He said they had to turn, which meant the thoughts they were holding weren’t conducive to His.
As we approach 2020, we enter into a place of introspection and hopefully realignment, to be more perfectly shaped by Him and for His purposes.
Jesus teaches us in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Did you notice that nobody has to find the broad way? It’s the narrow way that must be sought and discovered and it’s the only way to promised life.
My prayer for each of us as we lean into 2020, is a year filled with greater purpose and pursuit of our Lord, Master and King, yielding a satisfaction, peace and joy that only comes from knowing Him.
Happy New Year
Jeanne.