SIGNAGE

As I have traveled all over the world one thing has always struck me, the more developed the country is the better the road signs are…….STOP, CURVE AHEAD, DO NOT PASS, YIELD, ETC. In countries like Pakistan, when you get out of the cities there is a basic mentality of "the biggest vehicle makes the rules for the road"………no road signs……..scary! That got me to thinking, what do you suppose the signage along the "narrow road" looks like;

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
is
the gate, and broad
is
the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait
is
the gate, and narrow
is
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

 

I believe the very first "warning" sign was right at the beginning of the road…….it's the "Y", or "fork ahead"…..your choice! If you make the correct choice, and that's a major "IF"! It isn't too far down the way that you encounter the next sign;

 

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

 

Now, in my estimation, the destination of "LIFE" has got to be one of the most developed places you could find……so naturally…..the road that takes you there should have an abundance of warning signs along the way. Here are just a few that I found on the "ROAD MAP";

 

BEWARE - 14 verses in the NT

TAKE HEED – 26 verses in the NT

ON THE ALERT – 15 verses in the NT

WATCH OUT – 3 verses in the NT

STAND FIRM – 8 verses in the NT

 

Now, on the contrary, the destination of "DESTRUCTION" has got about as many signs on the super highway as the rural roads in Pakistan.

 

Matthew 7:13
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

 

So, the moral of the story is…….are you one of those people that when they come to the "Y" on the road……and you choose the correct way to LIFE……..ARE YOU PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WARNING SIGNS? Have you been stopped by "LAW ENFORCEMENT" for violations along the way because you weren't paying attention to the signs? Have you tried to take a "DETOUR" off of the road that was more of a "SCENIC ROUTE"……with a lot less "SIGNAGE" to spoil the view?

 

GIVES US SOMETHING TO PONDER IN THESE "DIFFICULT" DAYS….ON THAT NARROW ROAD……WITH ALL THOSE SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR!

 

2 Timothy 3:1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.