Although the path to the Kingdom of Heaven is available to everyone, not all people will travel it because it is believed by some to be too difficult or people do not take the time to understand what it takes.
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The narrow path is not a short path. Otherwise, anyone could have patience and faith for a short time. That would not instill the true patience that is needed to inherit the necessary qualities to enter into the kingdom of God. Patience involves endurance through the testing of faith. There will be longsuffering but, through patience and faith, the individual will persevere.
In today’s society, everything is fast paced and everybody wants things done quickly and there are many distractions. That is the perfect environment for the devil to work. Far too many people are overwhelmed with distractions, such as social media, sports, worries about paying the bills, what to eat and where to go for vacation. Very few people have the patience to wait on the Lord. But, it is a virtue that must be practiced regularly.
God also wants the attention of His people. He wants to hear from them daily, if not more. Prayers are used to thank God, to ask for things or even just to talk with God. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (KJV, Mat 7:7). That still small voice that everyone hears is the Holy Spirit guiding the listener. Those who take heed to that voice will follow the righteous …show more content…
Instead, everyone should be focused on reaching the kingdom of God because the world is corrupt and full of temptations that distract everyone from the love of God.
Praying every morning and every night is a good habit to begin with. As the individual learns to focus on and listens to the Holy Spirit, his guiding will lead to the right path. Once upon this path, the worries will begin to lessen because the focus remains on God instead of the earthly problems. Also, reading God’s word will help to remain focused on God. It may be difficult to understand at first but, finding a particular chapter or verse and reflecting on it throughout the day will help to get a better and deeper understanding of what Jesus taught.
Through reading God’s word, it will be apparent that everyone who relies on Him will succeed. When there is no trust in God, all of mankind’s goals will assuredly fail. Learning and understanding that pride and vanity will eventually result in failure. When an individual has pride in their accomplishments, it becomes a reliance on their own abilities and skills. “Humility is the foundation of all virtue, but pride is the essence of all sin” (Vaughan, 2012, para. 4). Remove vanity and pride and put all trust in God to let Him do His work. Jesus wants everyone to be humble, not prideful and boasting, and give God all of the glory for whatever is accomplished because it is from Him that
The narrow path is not a short path. Otherwise, anyone could have patience and faith for a short time. That would not instill the true patience that is needed to inherit the necessary qualities to enter into the kingdom of God. Patience involves endurance through the testing of faith. There will be longsuffering but, through patience and faith, the individual will persevere.
In today’s society, everything is fast paced and everybody wants things done quickly and there are many distractions. That is the perfect environment for the devil to work. Far too many people are overwhelmed with distractions, such as social media, sports, worries about paying the bills, what to eat and where to go for vacation. Very few people have the patience to wait on the Lord. But, it is a virtue that must be practiced regularly.
God also wants the attention of His people. He wants to hear from them daily, if not more. Prayers are used to thank God, to ask for things or even just to talk with God. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (KJV, Mat 7:7). That still small voice that everyone hears is the Holy Spirit guiding the listener. Those who take heed to that voice will follow the righteous …show more content…
Instead, everyone should be focused on reaching the kingdom of God because the world is corrupt and full of temptations that distract everyone from the love of God.
Praying every morning and every night is a good habit to begin with. As the individual learns to focus on and listens to the Holy Spirit, his guiding will lead to the right path. Once upon this path, the worries will begin to lessen because the focus remains on God instead of the earthly problems. Also, reading God’s word will help to remain focused on God. It may be difficult to understand at first but, finding a particular chapter or verse and reflecting on it throughout the day will help to get a better and deeper understanding of what Jesus taught.
Through reading God’s word, it will be apparent that everyone who relies on Him will succeed. When there is no trust in God, all of mankind’s goals will assuredly fail. Learning and understanding that pride and vanity will eventually result in failure. When an individual has pride in their accomplishments, it becomes a reliance on their own abilities and skills. “Humility is the foundation of all virtue, but pride is the essence of all sin” (Vaughan, 2012, para. 4). Remove vanity and pride and put all trust in God to let Him do His work. Jesus wants everyone to be humble, not prideful and boasting, and give God all of the glory for whatever is accomplished because it is from Him that