Us or Him? Who is the King?

The path of the cross, the way to His Kingdom of Life, the narrow way is NOT the path of ease, or of least resistance. In fact, if you haven’t resolved within yourself, that suffering is a part of your walk with the Lord, then you will remain on the broad path, which leads to destruction. So, to learn to “embrace the suffering” is to cooperate with the means He uses to conform us to His image. The life our flesh desires is one void of any hindrance, fear, or threat to it’s survival, but, our Lord calls us to die to that, take up our cross and follow Him. It is a decision we all must make. Will we choose Life or death? Will we sell our birthright for a pot of stew; filling our stomachs with what our flesh desires now, or resisting those things to gain eternal Life in Him? The prosperity “gospel panders to the flesh, while the Gospel of the Kingdom speaks to the satisfaction of the spirit of man, with Christ as it’s King,  and calls us to honor Him and His rule in our lives. It all boils down to whether we want to rule, or whether we will allow Him to. Will it be the narrow road which leads to Life everlasting with Him, or the broad road that leads to our flesh getting it’s lusts met now, but that leads to destruction and death?