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Mathew 7:14 - "For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
One thing one learns about life rather early is that it isn't meant to be easy. From the moment the baby leaves the protection of the mother's security, it begins to cry. And from that moment on life never lets up on its demands on those who try to take it seriously.
There are two attitudes one can take toward life. One is the "take care of myself, don't care too much about the other man, don't get too involved" attitude. This is by far the most traveled road of life for the simple reason that it places no demands upon us that we don't want it to. We can do as we please, or not do as we please. We are content just to live our lives out, patting ourselves on the back telling ourselves we are doing all that we should be doing.
There is another attitude toward life. That attitude says life is a sacred trust, given to us by the eternal Father, and that it should be used for the benefit of Him and our fellow man. This way of living is very demanding. Very few are there who are willing to strive toward this life. It places demands upon us that we don't want. Causes us to strive toward what the masses call the impossible. This is often a very lonely way of living, since those who have common goals are few in number.
Often we are tempted to give up, to call it quits, to say with the carefree lot that it is an impossibility to live toward that high calling. We are tempted to lower our goals, tone down our plea, and think more about ourselves.
