Strive to enter through the narrow door; because I tell you that many will try to enter, and will not be able to
Luke 13:24 (Reina-Valera 1960)
The word forced has as synonyms brave, daring, fighter. Which means that to enter through that narrow door you have to fight daily with different things and to reach the Kingdom of Heaven it is not enough to go alone to the church. For the cowardly and fearful are those who will not succeed in doing so.
There is something very important and it is that Jesus gave EVERYTHING for us, God has given us EVERYTHING he wanted according to his will, now the question is that if we have given EVERYTHING to God ?, that we really have interest to know EVERYTHING of God, or simply we are interested in knowing his generous or giving side, we only need to know his fidelity, his provision, but the most impressive thing is that God is interested in EVERYTHING about us and thinks in each area of our life.
¨After the father of the family has risen and closed the door, and being outside you begin to knock at the door, saying: Lord, Lord, open us, he will answer you: I do not know where you are from. Then you will begin to say: In front of you we have eaten and drunk, and you taught in our squares. But he will say to you: I tell you that I do not know where you are from; depart from me all you evildoers. Luke 13: 25-27 (Reina-Valera 1960).
If we only approach God to give him the crumbs of our life and we do not surrender everything before Him, we will never be able to know Him, therefore when the day of Christ's coming comes, we will not open that narrow door and it is not enough that Let's say: "I went to church every Sunday, I served you, I listened to your word, I went to many conferences and congresses"; But it turns out that none of that is enough when our heart is far from God. The word is very clear when it says that we love God with ALL our heart, soul and mind (Matthew 22:37).
However, life consists in giving, it is a matter of giving, not expecting anything in return, it is simply wanting to be with the Lord for an eternity. That's why we talk about the famous narrow door, because there is nothing more than our soul. That space is so narrow, that there is no place for our ego and pride, nor for money, for charity, for home, for badness, for selfishness, for problems, for doubts, much less for sin; only the soul that pleases the Lord will pass, because it is supposed that if we already fight and strive here in the world, giving it all our battles, problems, feelings, and plans to God, when we get to heaven we will not have to bear that, when dying nothing of what we had here on earth we will need, because we give everything in advance, to be with him; we die to the I, so that it is Christ who lives in us.
"And behold, there are last that shall be first, and first that shall be last."
Luke 13: 30 (Reina-Valera 1960)
The former only want or seek a privileged position, they only want a place, but the latter do not care about the position they have, but the only thing that interests them is to be with God, and truly reach Him.
