The Great Trip

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It is called "great" because it is made but once. It is not a "round trip," for there is no return. It occupies a lifetime, and is in fact the trip from the cradle to the grave. You and I are on this trip.
Though there is but one trip, there are two roads. One of them is narrow and the other is broad. Every person is traveling on one of these two roads (Matt. 7:13, 1413Enter 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: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13‑14)). On which are you traveling at the present moment?
And there are two conductors on the lookout for travelers. The first is "the Son of Man" who "is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10). He says: "I am the way... no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6). Has He found you yet?
The second seeker is "the devil" who "walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8). He bitterly opposes all who are inclined to journey on the narrow road, annoying and persecuting those who are already traveling on it. God's armor alone will enable travelers to resist him (Eph. 6:1111Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11)).
The narrow road is not always pleasant, but it is perfectly safe (Isa. 26:33Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)). And think of the grand terminus of this road! We read about it in the last two chapters of the Revelation. May the God of all grace grant that you and I may travel on this road to its blissful end.
Read Deut. 30, which ends with these words: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.”