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. Mat 7:13-14
When we travel in Yucatan, we frequently stay at a brother’s home in Yobain, where there is also a local congregation. They have no baptismal font, so on the occasion of a baptism we travel to the coastal village of Chabihau on the Gulf of Mexico. As we get closer to the coast the road narrows to slightly more than one lane. On either side are basins where sea water is trapped and allowed to evaporate, leaving behind the salt which is gathered and sold. All manner of sea life is also trapped and decays, producing an unpleasant odor and appearance. Along that stretch of road are signs posted saying CAMINO ANGOSTO which translates “narrow way.” If one were to lose concentration for just a moment he could leave that narrow way and become mired in the filthy salty sand with the stench of death all around.
Just as that camino angosto leads to the place of baptism, there is a narrow way that is prescribed by Jesus that leads to eternal life. His words are the signs along the way reminding us not to veer to the right or to the left, as on either side death awaits if we lose concentration. Let us heed the signs and stay on that narrow way that leads to life.
Your Servant,
Dan
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