A few years ago in a neighboring community to where I lived at the time, we heard the news of a tragic airplane crash. It seems a family from a distant state had a loved one, a child at my recollection, who was critically injured on a trip to our community. The family all flew in on a private plane. The small airport they had chosen to land at was virtually shut down late at night. The lights to the runway would come on automatically as a plane approached and sent the signal, otherwise the runway was dark.
Unfamiliar with the airport, the pilot was flying in late night/early morning trying to find the landing strip. He circled the area that he thought was the airport. He lined himself up with what he thought were the lights to the runway and proceeded to land his plane in a housing development a few miles from the airport. He took out several houses while people slept and killed everyone on the plane.
There was only one place to land safely. It was a narrow strip of runway. The child in the hospital recovered, but his family all perished because the pilot didn't get on the right path. Sincerity is not enough. You have to be on the right path.
It seems like God's way is always narrow. He says, "This way." The choice He leaves to us. Many choose not follow God's way seeking an alternative path. Any way but God's way leads to destruction. There is no easy way around the path to which God calls us.
God, please lead me down your narrow path to life. Activate your lights to show me the way. Forgive me when I choose to take the wrong path and guide me back to the path that leads to you.
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